From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Six of Swords
Meanings
Sailing into smoother waters. A voyage – perhaps of discovery, or of escape from a difficult situation. A safe harbor awaits you.
Reversed (?)
Travel. Setting sail in search of better opportunities for those you love. This could mean a literal move, or perhaps a metaphorical one – a change of job, a new business opportunity.
Description
A young couple with an infant sit in the back of a boat. The man has a pole to punt the boat. Six swords are embedded in the back of the boat. The sky is filled with dark clouds backlit with sunlight. The water on one side of the boat is smooth, and on the other side, choppy.
Artwork
- Sword hilt, blade: GENTILESCHI, Artemisia, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1612-21, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
- Sword grip: VOUET, Simon, Magdalene, 1614-15, Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome.
- Water, boat: TINTORETTO, The Liberation of Arsinoe, c.1556, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.
- Sky: CUYP, Aelbert, The Ferry Boat, 1652-55, Wallace Collection, London.
- Black cloak: BEHAM, Barthel, Portrait of a Man, 1529, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
- Man's face: WEYDEN, Rogier van der, Portrait of Charles the Bold, c.1460, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Oar: PONTORMO, Jacopo, Halberdier, 1530s, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu.
- Woman's face: POURBUS Pieter, A Married Lady of Bruges, 1565, National Gallery of Scotland.
- Baby: BIJLERT, Jan van, Virgin and Child, c.1635, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig.
- Cape, arm: BRAY, Salomon de, Young Woman in an Imaginary Costume, 1652 Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem.
- Orange butterfly: BOSCH, Hieronymus, Garden of Earthly Delights, c.1500, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
