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Six of Wands Tarot Card Meaning
The Six of Wands tarot card means victory, recognition and confidence. Recognition and a win.
Upright
- Victory
- recognition
- confidence
Reversed
- Self-doubt
- a fall from favour
- unrecognised work
Yes or no
Yes
The Six of Wands is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Wands. Wands are the suit of fire: energy, ambition, work you care about and the drive to get things moving.
What the card shows
A rider crowned with a laurel wreath sits on a white horse, carrying a wand with a second wreath tied to it. A crowd walks alongside holding wands.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Six of Wands is read as public success. You won, and other people noticed. It points to recognition, good news and confidence that has been earned.
Six of Wands reversed
Reversed, it is read as work going unnoticed, a dent to your confidence, or pride before a fall.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Six of Wands is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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