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The Six of Swords usually provides insight into good things to come, although like all cards, it may also bring warning of difficulties.
It is not unheard of for this card to represent a physical journey. If you have a trip by water upcoming, you may want to consider what the cards are telling you about it. More commonly, however, the journey depicted simply means your journey of life. It is clear that those depicted on the card are moving toward a goal of some kind, and they appear to be mostly unhindered. This card showing itself may be a sign to take some chances or go for goals you thought unattainable.
The Six of Swords may also be a sign of resolution, especially when it is reversed. Things may come to light or there may be confessions, either yours or someone else’s. This may relate to your love life, or simply your professional one.
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Interpretation
This card is likely to have a very beneficial influence on your life.
If the Six of Swords is sometimes feared by cartomancy practitioners, it is because it is closely related to the feelings of sadness and loneliness. Aware of the flaws in your daily life, you are now seeking to change the course of your destiny so you can feel happier and more serene. Recently, this heavy sensation of weariness you feel everyday has begun to ring alarm bells. You can't content yourself with what you have any longer, you want to change.
This realization has been hard on you. It forced you to look objectively at your situation and to confront your past traumas. Your awareness is gradually detaching you from what you have so deliberately built, your bearings are crumbling, your habits are upset.
As unpleasant as they may seem, these changes are actually highly constructive for your future growth. You have agreed to retreat a little so you are in a better place to start anew. I can only congratulate you.
Ask yourself
•You know what actions you must take for your own wellbeing, so what can you do to get there emotionally?
•There is a disconnect between two areas in your life. What are the connecting threads? Over-intellectualizing one or both areas may not be helpful in this case.
•If you had a difference of opinion with someone recently, consider that you may share opinions about deeper matters of importance. How can you work together in service of the greater good?
La symbolique de la Tempérance
• The Boatman : Doing the work necessary to connect two or more realms such as the earthly and the spiritual; living in flux yet searching for foundation; acting as counselor
• Woman Passenger : Patiently being guided toward the inevitable result; allowing oneself to remain passive; victimization; relinquishing control
• Child Passenger : Ignorantly yet openly voyaging into the unknown; being unaware of one's situation; unacknowledged vulnerabilities; openness and wonderment.
• The Swords : Resignation built on intellectual understanding of what needs to be done; an intellectual block; denial; caged in by one's thoughts.
• The Water : Reconciling past experience with what is to come; emotional division; building on past with something very new.
• The Distant Shore : It may seem distant, but steps are being taken to reach the goal of the boatman and passenger; coming into a new experience that will not be immediately affirming and will take time to get used to.
The Six of Swords, or The Boatman as it is frequently called, has its meaning frequently disputed. Many claim it is a sign of leisure or success, but others say it is representative of doom or failure.
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