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Swords (Air)
Six of Swords
transition · passage · moving on
Corresponding Chakra: Throat Chakra
☀️ Upright Meaning
Leaving rough waters for calmer shores. Slowly but surely, things are improving.
🌙 Reversed Meaning
Old baggage holds the boat back. You must set it down to cross the river.
💞 In Love
Crossing from the rapids of conflict into calmer water. Not full recovery yet, but clearly improving.
💼 In Career
A transition out of a hard phase. Job moves and transfers flow smoothly.
💰 In Money
The worst of the financial crisis passes. The swords (debts, risks) are still aboard, but the heading is right.
🏛️ A Memory of the 15th Century
A ferry crossing with six swords aboard — the boatman recalls Charon of the Styx, yet this boat sails not to the underworld but to the far shore. It is also the real scene of 15th-century refugees crossing rivers to flee war and plague.