Card 6 of 52 · Hearts · Six
Six of Hearts Playing Card Meaning
Hearts speak of love, feeling, family and home; the Six brings harmony, flow, help along the way. Season: spring.
Tarot counterpart: Six of Cups
What the Six of Hearts Means
The Six of Hearts looks backwards with affection. It is the card of old friends, childhood places, family stories and the people who knew you before. It often means a reunion, a message from someone long out of touch, or a kindness that arrives out of the blue. Older readings called it unexpected good fortune. Its shadow is nostalgia: living on memories when the present needs you. Drawn for a decision, it asks what the past can teach rather than what it can give back.
Six of Hearts in Love
An old love returns, or an old pattern does. The Six can mean a reconciliation with someone from the past, or a new love who feels familiar. Either way, check whether you want the person or the memory. It also favours love that grows from long friendship.
Six of Hearts in Work and Money
Help from someone you used to know: a former colleague, an old boss, a contact from years ago. Past work pays off, often in a reference or a repeat client. A good card for returning to a field you left.
Six of Hearts as a Yes or No
Yes
A gentle yes, often by way of someone or something from your past.
Six of Hearts as a Birth Card
Birthdays with the Six of Hearts as their playing-card birth card: 29 October, 27 November, 25 December.
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The Suit of Hearts
Hearts are the suit of feeling. They speak about love, friendship, family, the home and everything that is decided by the heart rather than the head. In a reading, a run of Hearts means the matter is emotional at root, and that the answer will come through people rather than through money or effort. Hearts are generally good news; even the harder ones (the Seven, the Five) describe a feeling going wrong rather than a disaster. Old cartomancers gave the suit the spring, and matched it with the Cups of the tarot.
The Six in Every Suit
The Six means harmony, flow, help along the way; the suit decides where.
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What does the Six of Hearts mean?
The Six of Hearts looks backwards with affection. It is the card of old friends, childhood places, family stories and the people who knew you before. It often means a reunion, a message from someone long out of touch, or a kindness that arrives out of the blue. Older readings called it unexpected good fortune. Its shadow is nostalgia: living on memories when the present needs you. Drawn for a decision, it asks what the past can teach rather than what it can give back.
What does the Six of Hearts mean in love?
An old love returns, or an old pattern does. The Six can mean a reconciliation with someone from the past, or a new love who feels familiar. Either way, check whether you want the person or the memory. It also favours love that grows from long friendship.
Is the Six of Hearts a yes or a no?
Yes. A gentle yes, often by way of someone or something from your past.
Which tarot card is the Six of Hearts?
The Six of Cups. Hearts correspond to the tarot's Cups, and the Six matches the Six. The two cards share most of their meaning, though the tarot card carries a picture and a reversed reading that the playing card does not.
Whose birth card is the Six of Hearts?
In cardology the Six of Hearts is the birth card for 3 birthdays: 29 October, 27 November, 25 December. The rule is 55 minus twice the month minus the day, counted from the Ace of Hearts (1) to the King of Spades (52); the Six of Hearts is number 6.
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