Six of Swords

Journey by waterRouteWayEnvoy

Upright

Journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.

Reversed

Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

The picture

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.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

Older readings

The voyage will be pleasant. Reversed: Unfavourable issue of lawsuit.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §4. Waite collected these and says they often disagree with the main meanings.

Waite wrote in 1911 and some of his meanings show it. Tarot is a tradition of reflection, not a prediction, and no card decides anything for you.