Six of Wands
A horseman returns to cheers, showing that your hard work is finally being noticed and applauded. Feel free to share your achievement openly and with pride.
You may feel hurt when credit does not come, or pride could start running ahead of humility.
The card's advice: Share the credit with everyone who helped you get here.
Six of Wands: reading the picture
Above the procession, one wand rises higher than the rest, and a flowered wreath with red ribbons is tied to its tip. The rider holding it sits on a white horse and wears a matching wreath. Red tassels hang across the horse's chest, and a fortress gate tower flies banners to the right. This is a homecoming after a win. Lower down, people in hanbok, traditional Korean dress, walk alongside carrying wands of their own, looking up with smiles. The rider isn't a lone hero; the wreath happens to hang on one wand among many carried home together. Sitting higher also means being watched more closely.
Six of Wands in love, work and money
- Love and relationships
The warmth you show is coming back to you in kind. Friends may cheer the two of you on, or this could become a relationship you are proud to tell everyone about.
- Work and study
Effort you have poured in is likely to show up as praise or a strong review. Announce your results with confidence, and be sure to name the people who contributed.
- Money
A reward for your effort may arrive, and that feels wonderful. Set a celebration budget in advance so that treating everyone does not grow larger than you planned.
A reporter calls about the park
A 39-year-old who organized monthly cleanups at a vacant lot watched the effort turn into a city-funded pocket park. Then the local paper called asking for an interview. Her first instinct was to say it was all luck and give the reporter someone else's number. The Six of Wands came up. The rider doesn't pass the wreath to anyone else or climb down to walk. The card suggests taking the interview, explaining why the plan worked, and naming specific volunteers along with what each one did, which comes across as more grateful than modesty.
Questions to ask yourself after drawing Six of Wands
- When praise comes your way, do you have a habit of slipping the wreath onto someone else's head?
- Can you name the people walking beside the horse and say exactly what each of them carried?
- Once this win is public, how do you want to handle the bigger expectations that come with it?
Six of Wands as a yes or no
Yes Like the victor leading a parade, this card shows the result you want drawing closer.
Easy to confuse with The Chariot
Both show a winner riding something. The Chariot is a battle still in motion: a pair of black and white haetae, Korean guardian beasts, kept on course by sheer will. The Six of Wands is the parade afterward, when the result is known and recognized. Pushing toward a goal fits the Chariot. Being seen for what you've done fits the Six.
Symbols in Six of Wands
The horseman on a white horse wearing a laurel wreath announces victory, and the wreath tied to his wand shows that everyone sees the achievement. The followers carrying wands remind us that success comes thanks to those who walked alongside.
How we drew Six of Wands
- Kept from the 1909 card
The laurel-crowned horseman on a white horse, the wand with a wreath, the followers carrying wands
- What we changed
The procession wears hanbok, and a fortress gate tower with flags appears in the background.