Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Six of Wands
Tiphereth in Atziluth
- Suit
- wands
- Rank
- Six
- World
- Atziluth
- Station
- Tiphereth
- Verb
- I receive
Tiphereth, identity
Tiphereth is the centre: what identity looks like in this world. The Six is what recognition at the centre intends, and the Ten shows what actually arrives.
Upright
Flowing. The call confirmed in the open: recognition that follows from having answered it. In the world of meaning, the centre is where an answer becomes visible, and the card is not the victory itself but the acknowledgment that comes after.
Misdirected. Taking the recognition as the point, or being unable to receive acknowledgment.
Reversed
Blocked. The answer is not recognised and no acknowledgment arrives.
Flooded. Acclaim in excess that takes over the call.
The image
A rider on a white horse wears a laurel wreath on his head and carries a wand crowned with another. A crowd of men with staves surrounds him on foot, looking up.
Learn how to read Six of Wands in a spread
This page shows you what Six of Wands means. Knowing how to read it — how it shifts next to the other cards, what the reversal is really telling you, and how to turn a spread into a clear answer — is what the RWS Decoded course and book teach, card by card.
