Six of Wands
Minor Arcana · Wands

Six of Wands

KeywordsVictory, recognition, confidence, good news

The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through

Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.

The picture

A laurelled rider passes through cheering ranks

Bright face

A victory seen and cheered; good news arriving

Shadow

Applause going to the head

Way through

The procession is still moving — there is a next destination

As your card of the day

If Six of Wands is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “A victory seen and cheered; good news arriving”. When it tips toward “Applause going to the head”, remember the way the picture draws: The procession is still moving — there is a next destination.

Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences

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