The Lovers and Six of Swords

A decision and a departure. The Six of Swords is the slow crossing to flatter water with the swords carried in the boat. The tradition reads the pair as a choice that turned out to mean leaving, and it is notably calm about that: this is not a flight, it is a passage.

Associated with choosing to end something and going quietly. Read as sad, deliberate and correct.

A decision that resolves into a move. Frequently read for resignations reached slowly.

The swords travel with them, which is the tradition being honest that a choice does not delete what preceded it. The pair reads that as the price rather than a failure.