Six of Swords

Q: What does the Six of Swords signify in love?

The Six of Swords is about moving away from emotional stress toward healthier emotions through healing and transitions. If you're single, it indicates you're healing from old relationships and opening yourself up to new love. If you're committed, it indicates you’re moving through challenges together and will eventually arrive at a calmer emotional place.

Q: How does the Six of Swords relate to marriage?

The Six of Swords in marriage suggests you and your partner are working through issues that occurred earlier in the relationship and you have the opportunity to create greater connection through communication or therapy.

Q: What does the Six of Swords indicate about career growth?

The Six of Swords in career may indicate a job description change, relocation, or a new career direction. While progress may seem slow, you are making steady, purposeful progress.

Q: Can the Six of Swords indicate challenges in love or career?

Yes. The Six of Swords often represents an opportunity to discuss unresolved emotional issues. In terms of love, someone might choose silence rather than confrontation. In terms of work, this card may indicate a move to a new path or change of position in a new work situation.

Devi Shankar
Jul 6, 2023
5 min read

Updated: Dec 3, 2025

Moving from the battle of Five of Swords, Six of Swords takes you into calmer waters. This is a card that symbolizes moving on or moving forward towards healing and a calmer phase in life.

Six of Swords Meaning - General

In general, Six of Swords means moving towards calmer waters. Do you notice the waves in the water before the boat and still and calm water after it?

The downward arrows represent pain or difficulties in the past and the person is rowing away from chaos into a more peaceful phase of life. Life is going to get easier.

The is overcoming of hardship, healing, and relief. One can expect stability after all the tensions of the past.

Six of Swords in tarot can also reflect a lack of energy in a person, a sense of lethargy arising from feeling deflated after facing tough times, a long challenge or obstacle.

However, there is also a warning in this card to not carry your past baggage with you as you move forward in life. Leave your pain behind and look forward to the future with faith. This card also asks you to trust your intuition and inner wisdom. Listen to signs of the universe, your spirit guides and they will guide you onwards in your journey.

The Six of Swords can also mean possible travel or an international holiday. Check supporting cards for more details.

Let us look at the Six of Swords in specific contexts of a love tarot reading and career tarot reading. Remember to apply all the above general readings to the below readings as well.

Six of Swords Love

Love Reading for Relationships

If your relationship has been facing some tough challenge, Six of Swords in love reading is a positive card that speaks of healing. It is a positive time for your relationship to progress.

Remember that the Swords are also about communication. There could be a message here to open your channels of communication, if they were blocked earlier, as you move into this new phase of your life and relationship.

There is an unknown, but the ambiguity is going to bring in healing and growth. So do not worry about taking action or moving towards the unknown. The universe has your best interest in mind. Just let the bygones be bygones. Don’t dwell on the past.

It might also help to take a holiday or travel somewhere together to rekindle love and that feeling of being each other's safety net.

Love Reading for Singles

You might have just come out of a difficult relationship or are still overcoming the pain of your previous relationship.

It is possible that you had put in a lot of energy into the last one and are feeling drained of your mental energy. However, this card tells you to not lose heart. Good things are on the way.

You are moving towards a calmer phase in life and healing is indicated. Your dating life will be less chaotic. Again, leave the past behind and don’t let it interfere with your future.

Six of Swords Career & Finance

In addition to the general readings, the Six of Swords in career reading indicates a calmer phase in one’s work.

If your job or business has been very chaotic, it appears to be settling down now. You are taking actions that allow you to handle and accomplish things more easily.

This could also indicate a new job or opportunity that is more stable and peaceful than the current one. Potentially also involving travel or requiring migration to a foreign land.

From a financial perspective, your monetary hardships are settling down. But do not run away. Deal with your money issues to bring in that peace of mind.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What does the Six of Swords signify in love?

The Six of Swords is about moving away from emotional drama toward healthier emotions through healing and transitions. If you're single, it indicates you're healing from old relationships and opening yourself up to new love. If you're coupled with someone, it indicates you're moving through challenges together and will eventually arrive at a calmer emotional place.

2. How does the Six of Swords relate to marriage?

The Six of Swords in Marriage suggests you and your partner are working through issues that occurred earlier in the relationship (including misunderstandings and arguments), and that you have an opportunity to create a greater connection through conversation or therapy.

3. What does the Six of Swords indicate about career growth?

The Six of Swords in a Work Context may represent a change in job description (what type of work you do), or a change in location (to a different part of your city, state, or country) or a new career direction entirely (from one industry to another). While the progress may seem slow, you are making steady, purposeful progress.

4. Can the Six of Swords indicate challenges in love or career?

The Six of Swords also represents an opportunity to detach yourself emotionally, not be indecisive, or have difficulty addressing unresolved issues. In terms of love, someone might choose silence or create distance instead of resolving an issue they have with another person (you). In terms of work, this person may be afraid to begin a new path or change course in a new work situation.

5. What advice does the Six of Swords offer for personal growth in relationships or work?

The Six of Swords suggests we should embrace transitions calmly and clearly. In terms of love, we need to concentrate on healing and communicating rather than rehashing past events. In terms of work, we should allow ourselves to explore new options, even if we don't know where they will ultimately lead. It's better to keep moving forward (even if it is slow) than to stagnate in one spot.

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