Six of Disks — Success is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Disks in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of success, material harmony, prosperity and balance. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Tiphareth, the element Earth and Moon in Taurus in astrology.
success · material harmony · prosperity · balance · generosity
What does Six of Disks mean?
Your efforts bear fruit: enjoy the success and share it in balance.
Everyday meaning
Material success, prosperity, balance between giving and receiving. It points to a concrete result achieved, earnings, health restored, generosity.
Psychological meaning
The serenity of someone who has found a healthy balance with money and the body; the ability to share without feeling impoverished.
Initiatic meaning
Earth in Tiphareth, the harmonious heart, with the Moon exalted in Taurus in the second decan: lunar fertility blooms in the richest earth. Success is matter harmonised by solar consciousness, but it is a temporary success, tied to the lunar cycle.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals ostentation, fleeting success, calculated generosity or dependence on the help of others.
Six of Disks reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Unstable success, an imbalance in giving and receiving, financial dependence or ostentation.
Six of Disks in love, work and spirit
In love
A balanced relationship, reciprocity, shared wellbeing.
At work and career
Promotions, earnings, professional successes; a favourable moment to invest with measure.
In spiritual practice
Matter as an expression of divine harmony.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Six of Disks
Tiphareth · Earth · Moon in Taurus
Crowley on Six of Disks
In the Thoth deck six planetary disks form a hexagram around a central Sun with the Rose Cross: the planets in harmony around the heart of the Tree.
Frequently asked questions
What does Six of Disks mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Your efforts bear fruit: enjoy the success and share it in balance.
What does Six of Disks mean in love?
A balanced relationship, reciprocity, shared wellbeing.
What does Six of Disks mean for work and career?
Promotions, earnings, professional successes; a favourable moment to invest with measure.
What does Six of Disks mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Unstable success, an imbalance in giving and receiving, financial dependence or ostentation.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Six of Disks?
In the Golden Dawn system Six of Disks corresponds to the sephirah Tiphareth, the element Earth and Moon in Taurus in astrology.
