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Wands · VI

Six of Wands

Lord of Victory

The face of Six of Wands, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Victory.

Recognition comes. Wear it lightly and remember who carried the torch with you.

Upright

Victory, recognition and public success. You are being seen for the work.

Reversed

Ego, a hollow win or waiting on applause that is not coming.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Agares by day brings back what ran away; Halphas by night builds towers. A good card for reputation work.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

DecanJupiter in Leo, 10° to 20°, the second face
Tree of LifeTiphareth in Atziluth
Governing angelsSitael by day, Elemiah by night
Image of the decanA crowned man, angry and threatening, sword drawn and buckler raised.
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Day spiritAgares, duke
The seal of Agares

Appears as an old, fair man riding a crocodile, a goshawk on his fist. Teaches all tongues, brings back runaways, stops the fleeing, shakes dignities and the earth. Goetia 2.

Night spiritHalphas, earl
The seal of Halphas

Appears as a stock-dove, speaking hoarsely. Builds towers, stocks them with arms and sends warriors where appointed. Goetia 38.

Six of Wands in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.