The 6s ~
To gain, to escape,
to win, to remember
Pentacles
~ It’s
all about embracing the gift of generosity.
It’s learning to put someone else’s needs before your own. It’s also about learning to accept generosity
gracefully.
Tithing,
loans, gifts, gratitude, generosity, sharing, abundance,
6/Pentacles ~ With this card comes
the willingness and ability to help those around you. The main gist of this card points to money
and finances, of course, but it can go way beyond this. There is the idea of being honest, of
dividing assets equally. “There’s more
where this comes from”, the six of pentacles seems to be saying. But also… “Keep it fair”, and “”Don’t
cheat”. With this card comes the
wonderful feeling of no regrets.
Reversed: There may be people around you who
are unscrupulous and more than willing to steal or cheat you out of money and
possessions. There is also the idea of
cutting down on spending, pinching pennies, and being wise and frugal with your
checking account. With the six of
pentacles comes the feeling of having all of your eggs in one basket, the idea
of gambling, risk taking, the dare devil.
Personal Connection:
Throughout a life-time spanning several
decades, six of them at this writing, I’ve experienced the six of pentacles up
close and personal. As one friend put
it, talking about her own family’s material and financial life, “It’s either
feast or famine.” And that’s so
true. You hear about people coming from
dirt poor backgrounds, and then gaining millions of dollars through their
determination, hard-work, and talent, only to lose all of it in one-fell
foolish swoop, winding right back up where they started. Maybe there’s a lesson here, or maybe we’re
reading way more into it than we should.
Could this just be the universal natural law of things?
Swords
~
It’s all about movement and travel, moving on, moving away, beginning again.
Divorce,
movement, travel,(especially across water), adventure, beginnings,
independence, melancholy, being adrift
6/Swords ~ This comes up so often when a
divorce, separation, or familial estrangement surfaces. It’s also a card that may imply that it’s
actually time to move on and that this may be a logical next step. And there is, indeed, the feeling of movement
with the six of swords. Even when it
means a severance of old ties, there is the tantalizing idea of new adventures.
Reversed:
Relationships are up in the air, there comes with that the energy of
indecision, tumultuous emotions, miss-communication, and a general “Mercury
Retrograde” atmosphere. The six of
swords reversed is telling you that, just like the boat on the card, you are
straying adrift, possibly into dangerous waters, and definitely with no
compass. There may be hidden sandbars
below the water’s surface, or jagged rocks, all of which could be problematic
for you.
Personal Connection:
This card has impacted my life in tremendous
tumultuous ever transitioning ways, long before I even knew of its
existence. Don’t be surprised when it
surfaces amidst feelings of being adrift, feelings of confusion and
upheaval, at times of nerve-wracking and
upsetting changes. The water on so many
variations of this card looks so calm and is so deceptive. No matter how many times I’ve found myself in
this boat, peering over the bow, trying in vain to set a decisive course, I
never realized that I would eventually come to shore and plant my feet on firm
solid ground, with little or no navigation.
I think the connection with this card is
faith.
Wands
~ It’s
all about winning, savoring victory, enjoying the accolades, and reaping the
rewards of your effort.
Victory,
victor, headiness, ego, minions, dignity, endurance, good sport, gracious
defeat
6/Wands ~ You ride victorious through the street
(and life) feeling proud, accomplished, self-confident, and sometimes maybe
even a wee bit egotistical or narcissistic.
There comes the idea of elevation, and with that a lot of pressure
placed around perfectionism and gaining someone’s approval. We all want to remember that a lot of people
who find themselves on a pedestal discover that it is a solitary and very
lonely place to be.
Reversed:
Someone has gotten to the top, succeeded with an accomplishment, came
out victorious, but they did so with the aid of shady tactics, or shady people,
and it’s all rather tainted, if not a bit tarnished. There is the idea that someone at the top may
soon suffer a big fall. There is also
the weight of too much expectation, the weight of negative opinions, too much
stress, and a lack of personal freedom or motivation.
My Personal Connection:
We all love those blazing glorious victorious
moments in life, even if its in someone elses life. Maybe that’s why those musical talent shows
are so popular right now. We experience this sensation vicariously when
we watch some mousy nervous mundane individual take the stage, and then are
stunned when the music begins and there is some magical humongous
transformation of this individual, rousing the audience to a standing ovation,
bringing the judges to tears. It’s a
moment of victory, a personal moment of victory, yet one we get to witness and
share.
I think the main thing here is that we have
to realize how fleeting this high-lighted moment is, and that life will slip back
into place and march forward quietly, with hardly a hiccup. Maybe the connection here is learning to
accept that most of life will go unrecognized, unpraised, without making nary a
mark on the world. And it’s this part of
our existence that is the most important part, it’s this part we should cherish
more than any other.
Cups
~ It’s
all about holding on to memories, looking back with a new perspective. it’s about being able to move forward using
lessons learned from the past.
Nostalgia,
wistfulness, childhood, connections, ancestors, memories, associations
6/Cups ~ Our past will affect our future, this
is a given. Sometimes this past
encompasses our childhood and the relationships that tied us to family, and
sometimes this past reaches back in history to previous life times, identities,
and lessons learned. There is always a
wistfulness with this card that idolizes our memories and idealizes our
connections.
Reversed:
For some unfortunate people, memories of the past may be haunting,
slightly disturbing, or unsettling in some unique and very personal way. This card reversed also implies that someone
may be hiding something from their past.
There is the idea of subterfuge, mysteries, secrets, hidden agendas, and
unfinished business.
My Personal Connection:
This card is one that connects closely for me, and
one I have mixed feelings about. On one hand, I have incredible childhood
memories of my grandmother, my aunt, the Victorian house in the country, my
beautiful room in the town house when we moved, my beloved pets, and soft quiet
moments. I have feelings of being
cocooned, protected, and safe. On the
other hand, I’ve dealt with feelings of abandonment (my parents), the stressful
feeling of being a child caught between custody disputes, realizing that I had
no control over my life and major decisions in it, and that nothing was stable,
solid, or secure. It had all been an
illusion. I
have had to deal early on with feelings of being caught emotionally and
physically between my grandmother and some strange twisted feud with my
father. Somewhere along the way, the
subject of this feud – me – was forgotten, and it was only the power struggle
that was important to him. He was a man
awash with the energy of revenge.
If
this card is difficult for you, know that you’re not alone. This is the case for an overwhelming number
of people, whom I suspect all have their own daunting stories.
Source:
The Ultimate Tarot Guide:
for Your Personal Tarot Journey
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