SIX OF SWORDS
Journey -- Theft. Escape- but at what cost? Treason. Rescue. Better times lie ahead. Travel, voyage, and passage. A new beginning. Emotional waters and the connective depth between people.
SHADOW: What are you trying to get away with? It is easy to think we will not be held accountable for our actions, yet what we put into the world always returns to us times three (the Six of Swords is two times three).
A woman stands in a flat-bottomed boat, using a stick to navigate beneath a bow of Spanish moss. Swords are scattered, and a swaddled baby lies at her feet as curious alligators approach. A young woman reaches toward the boat from the shore.
Boat symbolism implies passage and journey, while the rivers and water bodies they traverse reflect the depths of emotional connection and energetic flow. All waters spring from the font of the High Priestess. Alligators reflect power and danger lurking in unconscious depths.
The number six reflects the heart center, while swords continue to express thoughtful ideas and mindful narratives. Is this a scene of rescue or theft? Is the woman in the boat reclaiming what was hers to begin with or is she stealing another woman's child? Have the figures been manipulated into their actions from a menacing power we cannot see? It is a moment of transition and a journey that lies ahead. Will you enter the boat or remain upon the shore?