A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted that the work is not beyond his strength.
the plate, in waite's words · the painted card will hang here in time
In divination
Journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.
Reversed:Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.
The library's note
A ferryman poles his passengers across calm water toward a farther shore, and Waite notes the labor suits his strength, "the freight is light," "not beyond his strength." It is among the gentlest images the suit offers, "journey by water, route, way," movement away from difficulty rather than through it. After the Five's costly victory, the Six lets swords' conflict recede into simple passage.
a young page · the keeper's voice pass on the note is still to come