The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Wands
Six

A laurelled horseman bears one staff adorned with a laurel crown; footmen with staves are at his
side. Divinatory Meanings: The card has been so designed that it can cover several significations;
on the surface, it is a victor triumphing, but it is also great news, such as might be carried in state
by the King’s courier; it is expectation crowned with its own desire, the crown of hope, and so
forth. Reversed: Apprehension, fear, as of a victorious enemy at the gate; treachery, disloyalty, as
of gates being opened to the enemy; also indefinite delay.