I did not see it that way but I appreciate your input.   So what if six of cups was before six of swords???    my dream was about my spirit guide telling me not to lose hope.  my guide was sitting on my bed as he told me this.  i experienced some confusion in my dream, that applies to me now.   there are so many things i get sort of confused about.   so i did picked these cards to get a better answer.    i realized today that six of swords is journy (i am going to over seas to study this January) and six of cups...could it mean have hope in my journey and have an innocent times, reconnect with old friends?     still not sure...maybe i have to wait untile January .

thanks for your profound input.   is it okay that i am scratching my head over this .
so if you reduce my two cards you get the strength card?

Depends on the meaning of the order or position. But yeah, even if six of cups appears first, it indicates going down to memory lane, whereas six of swords means moving on.

You can see both of them as meaning two total different things, and being unrelated... but when twice the same number appears (certainly for 2 cards), then both cards have in common how a person deals with past events.
If a spirit guide tells you in a dream not to give up hope, I suspect the spirit guide is talking about the issue you dare not to hope for, the issue you fear would be wrong and leading to disappointment if you hoped for it. When a spirit guide tells you something in a dream, and you feel your dreams are so profound, then it does make me wonder why you asked for more clarification with tarot. Did you want the tarot to verify the spirit guide's words, or to what issue the spirit guide referred?

Asking for extra advice in tarot on this dream when a spirit guide has already given you advice, euhm well, it invites the tarot to play games. Tarot can play a game of confusion when you know and understand an issue and yet in your mind insist on being confused and not daring to believe it. When I think of the two sixes you pulled then that is what these two sixes seem to be doing... they are wilfully taunting you by mirroring your confusion:
1 - do I keep lingering on the good memories before things went wrong? (6 of cups)
2 - or do I move on and leave my hopes behind and forget my memories? (6 of swords)

This weighing mirror game by the tarot becomes even more evident, with your choice of number of cards... 2 cards, where 2 stands for dealing with duality.

Holding on to hope and good memories or moving on is a hard choice, especially when you fear that hope may lead you on to disappointment. Look at the two cards, and see how the woman in the 6 of swords is hiding in her coat, her shoulders hanging... she's doing the "smart" thing, but she lacks lust for life. In the 6 of cups though stands a person beaming, even if the gift comes from someone that is unlikely to be real. If the spirit guide said not to lose hope, then I think your way is that of the 6 of cups: trust your heart, it will make you the happiest. Perhaps it may not bring back the good old memories to life, but at least you will feel happier, and good memories should never be forgotten.

All the best

thanks you are right sweetsunray.   i do get confused when i have a dream and i always ask the cards to tell me more about the dream.   it does cause my confusion .    thanks for that.

Hi.

I used only th Major Arcanum, and work with 6-Lovers, 1-Magician.

If we do the same trick in your cards 6+6=12,  1+2=3

Now 3 0f Cups is merriment and three of Swords- heartache. Which will you choose for yourself?

I can't interprit these cards any further, as sweetsunrae dealt with it. Professional courtesy.

Blessed be