Tarot · Wands
Six of Wands
- recognition
- success
- a following wind
The picture
A rider crowned with laurel sits on a white horse carrying a wreathed wand, with people walking beside him holding up their staves.
The meaning
The rider comes home, and people cheer him. The tradition reads the Six of Wands as recognition, visible success and good news. It stands for self-confidence that finds itself confirmed. Whoever has achieved something is seen.
Reversed
Reversed, it is read as recognition that does not come, or dependence on other people's applause.
In love
In love it is read as pride in each other and a relationship you are glad to show.
At work
At work it stands for success, praise, a promotion or a contract won.
As your card of the day
Your work may be noticed today. Simply accept the praise.
The Six of Wands stands for a following wind. If something goes well, thank the people who came along with you.
Wands belong to fire. The tradition reads them as the cards of drive, ideas and energy.
Picture: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 1909, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).