The first two cards had not been very revealing, but the third and most important one had been the six of swords, which showed a woman and a young child being rowed across a body of water toward land. The woman’s head was covered, implying her sadness, but she was moving away, toward a place of peace and tranquility. The woman was leaving, going somewhere distant and new, into a different life, a child with her. No doubt remained going forward: once in a blue moon, the cards foretold the future. Once in a blue moon, they held true.
