Six of Wands

Victor triumphingGreat newsExpectation crownedCrown of hope

Upright

The card has been so designed that it can cover several significations; on the surface, it is a victor triumphing, but it is also great news, such as might be carried in state by the King's courier; it is expectation crowned with its own desire, the crown of hope, and so forth.

Reversed

Apprehension, fear, as of a victorious enemy at the gate; treachery, disloyalty, as of gates being opened to the enemy; also indefinite delay.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

The picture

A laurelled horseman bears one staff adorned with a laurel crown; footmen with staves are at his side.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

Older readings

Servants may lose the confidence of their masters; a young lady may be betrayed by a friend. Reversed: Fulfilment of deferred hope.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §4. Waite collected these and says they often disagree with the main meanings.

Waite wrote in 1911 and some of his meanings show it. Tarot is a tradition of reflection, not a prediction, and no card decides anything for you.