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Six of Swords

Six of Swords

Swords

Essence

I am the boat crossing to the far shore. In my image, a cloaked figure and child are ferried across water - choppy on one side, calm ahead. Six swords stand in the bow, carried forward. We bring our sorrows with us, but we move toward peace. This is not escape but necessary passage, not running but journeying toward healing.

Upright

Themes: Transition, moving on, travel, leaving behind, recovery, calmer waters, necessary journey, healing through distance.

I speak with the voice of necessary transition. I am about moving on, leaving difficulty behind, the journey toward calmer waters. When I appear, I acknowledge that you carry your swords with you - you don't leave the past completely behind. But you move. The water ahead is calmer. Trust the passage. **Themes:** Transition, moving on, travel, leaving behind, recovery, calmer waters, necessary journey, healing through distance.

Reversed

Themes: Stuck, delayed transition, returning to problems, unfinished business, resistance to change, unable to move on.

I speak of transition blocked or return to troubled waters. Either you cannot leave, the passage is delayed, or you've turned back toward what you fled. My reversed message asks: what keeps you from crossing? Or have you not truly left the old shore? **Themes:** Stuck, delayed transition, returning to problems, unfinished business, resistance to change, unable to move on.