Six of Disks

Meanings according to Rider-Waite:

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Jupiter in Pisces as willingness to help, Jupiter in Leo as magnanimity, Jupiter in Aquarius as tolerance.

SIX OF DISKS The Six of Disks denotes such qualities as willingness to help, magnanimity, and tolerance. It may indicate that we ourselves possess these qualities, or that someone will show them toward us. And we are speaking here not of a momentary impulse or ostentatious piety, but of immanent traits of character — natural and constant. On a practical level, this card can mean reward, success, a promising project.

From the book: Hajo Banzhaf. TAROT SELF-INSTRUCTOR. Translation from German by E. Kolesov. Publisher: Center for Astrological Research, 1999.

SIX OF PENTACLES Success. The second decan of Taurus, from May 1 to May 9. Astrological equivalents: Taurus, Virgo, Venus, Venus in the Second House. The second decan of Taurus symbolizes success achieved as the result of a proper attitude toward matter. This is the most creative decan of Taurus, one that values beauty and understands art and its own sensations: it stands under the patronage of the Moon, which rules our emotions. This decan is characterized by sensuality, tenderness, and a careful attitude toward what has already been created. This decan imitates nature and possesses its innate ability to create comfort. The reverse side of the coin, however, is the excessive power of the sensual principle, when the habit of pleasure — from a taste for food and a love of comfort to sensual ecstasy — can become unmanageable. Then a person loses both inner abilities and material prosperity, and from a happy possessor of half the world is transformed into a helpless observer awaiting mercy from nature. The TAROT card depicts a man in rich attire: in one hand he holds the Scales, and with the other he distributes alms to the poor. The dilemma of this decan is whether to play the role of benefactor, giving one's wealth to others, or that of its passive recipient. Inner balance of feelings and a correct assessment of the situation — weighing all the "pros" and "cons" — help a person to achieve success in all his undertakings. If, however, we do not master the situation and cannot create our own scenario of events, then nothing remains for us but to give ourselves over to the harmony of the world and accept what it deigns to send us of its own accord. The trap. To give more than you can. To take more than can be given. The successful passage of the situation of the FIVE OF PENTACLES is expressed by the SIX OF PENTACLES, which signifies prosperity, health, financial well-being. Among the PENTACLES suit, the SIX is perhaps one of the best cards. Here the influence of the planets Mercury, Venus, and the sign of Virgo is evident. This card symbolizes the well-being that you have built with your own hands, that you have achieved through your own labor. Through the Six of PENTACLES, well-deserved reward comes to you. The card may indicate recognition of your merits. It may also serve as a significator of your being needed by someone (someone needs your help). Therefore, the SIX OF PENTACLES also symbolizes an act of mercy. UPRIGHT POSITION In the upright position, the SIX OF PENTACLES may indicate that period of well-being which sets in after life sets you yet another examination and you have successfully passed it.

REVERSED POSITION In the reversed position, the SIX OF PENTACLES indicates the possibility of illness, the need to monitor your health more attentively, disharmony between the physical and the mental (you do a great deal of mental work, you sit in one place — muscle atrophy; or the reverse — you pump iron, forgetting about training the brain). In addition, the SIX OF PENTACLES may reflect the low Virgo (greed, egoism, quarrelsomeness, envy, unpaid debts, the urge to live at someone else's expense).