Six of Swords Art and Meaning Rider Waite Smith Tarot Deck Deck
Designation
About the Deck
Rider Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Pivotal and canonical, this deck defined a new pattern that would be followed up to the present.
Provenance
Designed by A.E. Waite and Illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. England, 1911.
Tags
swords-6, six-of-swords, six, swords
Description
A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted that the work is not beyond his strength.Meaning of Six of Swords from the Rider Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.
Reversed
Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Enemy powerless.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
The voyage will be pleasant.
Reversed
Unfavourable issue of lawsuit.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Long life. Sad life. Sickness. Death.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Envoy, Messenger, Voyage, Travel
Reversed
Declaration, Love proposed, Revelation, Surprise.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
if the person who inquires of the cards imparts what he has upon his mind to the one who is sitting next him, his wish will be fulfilled.
