Six of Swords

Tarot de Marseille

Essence: The pleasure of thinking, a mind that stops fighting, serenity, meditation, clarity without tension, a flower in the centre

General meaning

Upright

mental serenitypeacebeauty of thoughtcalm clarityenjoying learning

↕ Reversed: Serenity that turns into self-absorption, isolating yourself in ideas, peace as a façade, intellectual vanity, pretty communication without content

By topic

Love: smoothpleasant communicationunderstanding each other without fightingpeace as a couplelovely conversationemotional clarity
Friendship: good conversationserene friendshipunderstandingpeacelistening
Family: peace at homegood communicationdialoguelisteningserenity
Career: calm environmentsmooth communicationintellectual workprofessional serenityclarity
Work: calm atmosphereharmonious workconcentrationpleasant communicationserenity
Studies: learning for pleasureserene studyconcentrationcuriosityintellectual pleasure
Money: financial peace of mindserene decisionsclaritymental savingorder
Pets: serene coexistenceunderstandingcalmgentle treatmentbalance
Health: meditationsilencemental calmrestwellbeing
Choices: decide in peacewait for calmdon't force itserene claritysilence
Creative projects: serene processcarefully crafted conceptclaritycommunicating the projectcalm
Creativity: serene writingbeautiful thoughtpoetrycreative calmaesthetic clarity

The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.

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