Six of Wands
victory · recognition · good news · pride
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Wands
In a few words
- victory
- recognition
- good news
- pride
Riding in with the laurel. Victory, public recognition, good news arriving.
Upright
- Everything
- Riding in with the laurel. Victory, public recognition, good news arriving.
- Love
- Being chosen, being celebrated. A proposal accepted, a couple admired.
- Work
- Promotion, an award, the win everyone sees. Accept it gracefully.
- Money
- Success that pays. A raise, a deal won, a reputation that brings work.
- Myself
- Confidence earned. You did the thing; let yourself feel it.
The card has been so designed that it can cover several significations; on the surface, it is a victor triumphing, but it is also great news, such as might be carried in state by the King's courier; it is expectation crowned with its own desire, the crown of hope, and so forth.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 186
Reversed
- Everything
- Victory delayed, or praise that does not come. Or pride running ahead of the facts.
- Love
- Feeling unappreciated, or needing applause the relationship cannot give.
- Work
- Passed over, or a win that goes to someone else. Ask why, without bitterness.
- Money
- Expected reward withheld. Check the terms you agreed to.
- Myself
- Self-worth tied to applause. Do the work for its own sake for a while.
Apprehension, fear, as of a victorious enemy at the gate; treachery, disloyalty, as of gates being opened to the enemy; also indefinite delay.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 186
The card, as Waite described it
A laurelled horseman bears one staff adorned with a laurel crown; footmen with staves are at his side.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 186
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.