The Number Six in Tarot

Two well-known and very typical Sixes are George Harrison and Kate Beckinsale.

The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them. (George Harrison)

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex! (Kate Beckinsale)

I think I like playing the bad girl. I like complicated, I like flawed, messed up. It’s more interesting. (Kate Beckinsale)

That the number Six has a strong affinity with Threes and Twos probably explains its main significance when it comes to Tarot: There are two ways of looking at everything.

SIXES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wands – Victory is someone else’s defeat; also winning a battle is not winning a war; also the war between Good and Evil is never over: that’s what Good and Evil are, the opposite sides in a never-ending conflict.

Cups – the magic of the past. It did not, could not, last

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swords – Now marks the end of the Past; it also marks the beginning of the Future

Pentacles – Is it more blessed to be poor than to be rich? And how do you rate what he is doing?

And are those from the Major Arcana with the numerical value of 6 the same?

The Lovers – leaving the Garden of Eden – the Fall, the loss of innocence, or the Fall up, the attainment of maturity and of the knowledge of good and evil? Certainly there are two ways of looking at this.

The Devil – Mammon? We are all in captivity to Mammon … And these two poor souls … But look. The chains round their – our – necks are loose (the Devil wants willing slaves, not prisoners) but we cannot, will not, take them off until we are on our death-bed. Are these two helpless prisoners in the hands of Fate, or are they enjoying every minute of it? Look at her. Would you trust her? Or him, come to that?