Six of Wands
Minor Arcana · Wands
Also known as: Six of Staves, Six of Rods
What the Six of Wands means — upright and reversed, with keywords.
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What this card is
A rider comes through a crowd on a white horse, a laurel wreath on his head and another tied to his staff, people walking alongside him. This is the card of recognition, the moment effort becomes visible to other people. It carries confidence and a little bit of parade. Its quiet warning is that a crowd's attention is borrowed rather than owned.
Upright meaning
KEYWORDS
recognitioncreditvisible work
Effort finally becomes visible to other people, and taking that cleanly is its own skill.
Reversed meaning
KEYWORDS
borrowed applausedeflecting
Confidence resting entirely on whether one particular room is clapping.
People also ask
- What does Six of Wands mean?
- Keywords: recognition, credit, visible work. Effort finally becomes visible to other people, and taking that cleanly is its own skill.
- What does Six of Wands reversed mean?
- Reversed, the keywords shift to borrowed applause, deflecting. Confidence resting entirely on whether one particular room is clapping.
- Is Six of Wands a good card?
- Neither, and the question is worth resisting. Upright it speaks of recognition; reversed, of borrowed applause. The same card is encouraging in one spread and a warning in another — what decides it is the question you asked and the cards around it.
- Where does Six of Wands sit in the deck?
- Six of Wands belongs to Wands, the suit of energy, passion, and action. Its rank carries things moving into harmony after difficulty. Suit tells you which part of life is speaking; rank tells you how far along it is.
- Which cards are read alongside Six of Wands?
- The same rank in the other suits: Six of Cups, Six of Swords and Six of Pentacles. Comparing them side by side is the quickest way to feel what the suit contributes and what the number contributes.Six of CupsSix of SwordsSix of Pentacles