Alright, let’s talk about the 6 of Swords as feelings. This is something I’ve been messing around with lately, and it’s pretty interesting.
So, I started by just pulling the 6 of Swords card from my deck. I wanted to see what it felt like, you know, in terms of emotions. The first thing I noticed was this sense of movement, like things are shifting. It wasn’t a bad feeling, more like a calm transition.
I did a bit of reading up on the card. Seems like a lot of people see it as a card about moving away from something, leaving things behind. That makes sense, there is water in the picture, so that’s like emotions, but you are not in them, more like above them, riding away. I could definitely feel that vibe when I focused on the card.
Then I got thinking, what if this card came up in a reading about someone’s feelings for another person? I tried an experiment. I pulled another card to represent a potential relationship, and I got the 2 of Cups. Now that’s your classic lovey-dovey, partnership card. But then, next to it, I placed the 6 of Swords.
Here’s where it got tricky. It felt like the 2 of Cups energy, that initial spark, was fading. Like a short fling or a rebound thing. It reminded me of some stuff I read about the 2 of Swords too – that feeling of being stuck, not knowing which way to go. Maybe the person is in this new relationship, but they are still hung up on someone or something from the past.
I tried to dig deeper into those feelings. What kind of emotions are we talking about here? We all know the basic ones: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust. Psychologist Paul Ekman talks about those six, but honestly, it is way more complicated than that. It is like a giant soup of feelings!
With the 6 of Swords, it is not really about strong, explosive emotions. I think it is more subtle. It’s like a quiet sadness, maybe a bit of anxiety about the future, but also a sense of hope that things will get better. Like you are leaving behind a tough situation, but it is still a bit scary, not knowing exactly what is next.
My takeaway from this little experiment?
- First, the 6 of Swords as feelings is all about change and transition.
- Second, it is not necessarily negative, but it is not all sunshine and rainbows either.
- Third, it is more about that quiet, internal shift rather than a big emotional outburst.
So yeah, that’s my take on the 6 of Swords as feelings. It’s a card that makes you think, that’s for sure. If you are messing around with tarot, give this a try, focus on the emotions of the card and see what you come up with.
