Six of Wands: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

A laurel-crowned rider moves through a group carrying staffs.

Upright

recognition · achievement

A visible success brings support and responsibility for what follows.

Reversed

fragile praise · pride

Approval may be unreliable or become more important than the work.

In a reading

The position gives this card a particular task: a description of the situation, a challenge, or guidance. Read its image and meaning alongside the other cards and the question that brought them together.

Golden Dawn correspondence

Jupiter in Leo, 10–20 degrees. This is the attribution in Book T.

Sources

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. These notes are original interpretations of the Waite–Smith imagery, informed by that text.