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Six of Wandsfor Virgo · Health and Energy
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A laurelled horseman bears one staff adorned with a laurel crown; footmen with staves are at his side. Wands represent passion and six represents harmony. Together this card represents a victory lap-- you are getting some recognition for the hard work you have put in and it feels good!
After a tumultuous period of having to deal with competition and struggle, you are being recognized for your hard work and creativity. You are finally with someone who matches your energy and drive or working in a place that recognizes your accomplishments. Take pride in what you've achieved-- you've come to it honorably.
Someone else is getting recognized instead of you-- either for treacherous reasons or it's just not yet your time. Continue putting in effort, don't give up, the truth comes out eventually and your time will come.
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Six of Wands for Virgo in Health and Energy
The Analyst
Wands are the fire suit, so the Six of Wands sits in Aries. Aries and Virgo are quincunx, two signs with nothing in common: no shared element, mode, or polarity. This card will not slot neatly into how Virgo already operates. What it wants is this: spend the energy on one thing today. It has to be done deliberately or it will not happen. Upright, the recovery is underway with the loss still in the room.
When reading about health through a Virgo lens, the Six of Wands says that you feel like your body is something to maintain according to plan, a thing you ignore until it stops working, and information you're always half-listening to. This has either led to you catching small problems early, or to ignoring major signals because you're too busy fixing everything else. The body has been sending the same signal for months and nobody has bothered to listen. The Virgo blind spot in it is the feeling of being useless, or of having wasted time on something that didn't hold up.
In practice that can look like moving your body again, or burning out and knowing it. Whatever form it takes, it is recovering, with the loss still in the room.
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