firemaiden

Dear Wizards and Wise-ards:

I would to explore all the possible meaning for the Six of wands with you . I'll start with Thirteen's explanation in Tarot Basics:

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Six of Wands A victorious man on a horse, applauded by all, enters carrying a wand with a laurel wreath. Here is the conclusion to what happened with the Five of Wands. Competition was fierce, an answer had to be found to make the Querent stand out, make them different, special, able to succeed. Ah-HA! says the 6 of Wands. The Querent has found (or will find) that solution, they stand out above all others, and their victory will not only be complete, but recognized and applauded by all. This is the victory card.

IN this same vein, Crowley calls his card Victory, but it is not just the victory of battle, here is also balance, harmony, beauty, order, and steadiness:from Thoth minors

Not just victory then, but a virtuous victory? The triumph of good, perhaps. The reward for efforts applied in a steady and orderly fashion?

I am looking forward to learning from you, and exploring all the possibile meanings for the Six of Wands.

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Rusty Neon

The RWS image suggests, perhaps, a virtuous victory as the victor is accompanied by applauding onlookers. On the other hand, maybe those applauding are co-conspirators in an unvirtuous victory.

However, we already have the 5 of Swords as victory unfairly won, so I would see the 6 of Wands as virtuous victory.

Blue Override

It's also a PUBLIC victory.

It's the Razorbacks beating Crimson Tide in front of several thousand people and on ESPN. It's not just me rousting my best friend in scrabble on Yahoo.

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firemaiden

...er...Razorbacks?...Crimson Tide?

Okay, LOL, I get it, its public, that is a very important distinction. But when you win at scrabble then, what card is that?

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Moongold

This is a great thread, firemaiden.

The non RWS 6's seem to have similar themes of spiritual victory. The Tarot of the Sephiroth 6 simply shows 6 Wands emanating from the centre of a six pointed star surrounded by a laurel victory wreath. The deck creator says that the meaning of the card is appropriate, succesful use of energy; success and riches of a spiritual nature.

The astrological asttribution of this card is Jupiter in Leo. In astrology, Jupiter is a seeker after truth, a philospher, a teacher and Leo is a Fire Sign.

The sixes in Sephiroth are allocated in Tiphareth, the sphere of beauty.

Numerologically, 6 desires to bring harmony, truth, justice and a sense of balance into the picture. Love and compassion are there as well.

My beautiful Old English Tarot simply shows 6 Batons flying over a a peaceful field with plants and a few little birds in it. The Batons take up 4/5 of the image.

Spiritual victory or success it seems to be. The RWS image recognises the "socialization" aspects of six. There are others in the background, a little community. You have to have harmony WITH someone, don't you?

Blue Override

The Razorbacks are the athletic teams associated with the University of Arkansas. My alma mater. (GO HAWGS!)

Crimson Tide is the name of the University of Alabama (aka 'Bama, because it's beyond them to say the whole word.) sports program.

They are football conference rivals. It was an allusion to that.

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firemaiden

This is fantastic, Moongold. I was hoping someone would explain all those astrological and kabbalistic references! Plus adding the perspective of the tarot of the Sephiroth really deepens things.

Thank you!

Okay, here is the Buddhist perspective of the Roots of Asia Tarot:

(Thanks Blue Override. haha. I thought it might have something to do with...gasp..football. )

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allibee

Michael Schumacher IS the 6 Wands, after all this card does sit hand in hand with the Chariot, of which the 6 Wands is a minor version.
He and his mechanics manage to set up his car perfectly for a weekend of F1 domination, and everyone else is sadly lacking.. Monte Carlo just gone notwithstanding, LOL... The BALANCE is just right, the TYRES were just the right choice, the race STRATEGY was proven and the HARMONY of man and machine was unbeatable.
But steady on, he hasn't won the World Championship yet :O)
Some see him as arrogant but those closest to him see him as a man of clear vision, experience and motivation.

I like Moongolds visualisation of the 6 from the Old English, which I also have, so would add to that the far reach of the track where there are no spectators, the birds and the bees are doing their thing then suddenly there is this roar and swoosh and, momentarily, there is this small scale uproar in the balance of nature as the cars thunder past, and as they disappear into the distance, peace is restored .... well, until about 1min 22seconds later anyway :O)

HudsonGray

Also, there's nothing underhanded about the victory, the rider is on the white horse/charger parading in front of all, laurel high on the wand he carries. (A bit like a carouselle horse in a way). You'd almost suspect a tickertape parade being given as the masses cheer.

In the Robin Wood deck the rider is in the saddle but there are no stirrups--the horse moves forward under it's own momentum as well as being partly guided. (The RW has stirrups).

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