Six of Swords

Additional deck interpretation:

The Six of Swords points you towards a path of making major adjustments in order to regain your equilibrium as you continue your journey through the seventy-eight passageways of growth.

This is the level on your continuous cycle of change where you need to closely examine the causes of your current problems and decide the best method of dissolving conflicts and difficulties by moving into a calmer place in your life, either mentally or physically.


The Six of Swords asks you to examine both your past and what you want in the future.

Have long-held cherished values been causing your problems? Do you feel that others are the source of your troubles? Are you unsure of why readjustments are necessary?

You need to allow yourself to heal before you can untangle your confusion. The best way to deal with your current situation is to retreat until you find mental peace.

Numerical Number 6: This number indicates finding harmony and connecting with the right relationships, or reconciling a turbulent situation and restoring harmony to feel at your best. If you cannot reconcile a situation, it might be time to leave your troubles behind so you are able to connect with the right relationships and restore harmony to your life.

The Element of Air: The Six of Swords is associated with the elemental air qualities of the planet Mercury (how the mind works) and the zodiac sign of Aquarius. The combination of Mercury in Aquarius makes you process information quickly. When it's time to go, you are gone like the wind.


Probable Outcome: You might be having a hidden affair and keeping this secret entirely to yourself.

You might take a cruise, travel overseas, or take a trip. There might be a hidden secret hovering behind the scenes that is related to the reason why you want to travel.

Or you might take a journey over water to visit family or relatives.

You may be experiencing a relationship conflict, or something came to a head that you cannot deal with. Perhaps you are distancing yourself from the person who caused the stress and are putting the troubles behind you.

You might be returning to work after a layoff. You may decide to work as a ferryman, or work on a boat or large yacht.

Possible Outcome: You might let the cat out of the bag about the secret affair you have been keeping to yourself.

Or you might need to take a cruise, travel overseas, or take a trip because you received some bad news. You might take a journey over water to visit family or relatives and learn something unexpected (secrets are revealed).

You might be experiencing a relationship conflict, or something comes to a head, a painful situation that helps release you from the past.

You might be waiting to return to work after a layoff and are experiencing delays.

If you are unable to channel the energies of the Six of Swords into your life, you are probably speaking up and revealing your secrets because you are on the verge of letting go of the past and starting over.

Timing: The Six of Swords is related to an important thought that is turned inwards, then turned outwards to solve a problem. This event may occur in the next hours or days to come.