Number 6 tarot quiz: the Lovers, the Devil and the sixes
Why does The Devil reduce to The Lovers? Test how the four Sixes restore balance after a hard five and which neighbouring cards change their taste.
- 5 questions
- ≈ 2 min
- +5 bronze keys for a flawless run
What does the number 6 quiz test?
This quiz is about six, the number of harmony that returns after a hard five. It checks which Major Arcana reduce to six, how the four Minor Arcana Sixes differ and which neighbours change their flavour. Each run draws five of twelve questions, with a short note after every answer.
The family of six is one of the most telling. The Lovers are card VI and The Devil is XV, and 1 + 5 makes six. Both cards are about bonds and choice: The Lovers are a union in agreement with yourself, The Devil an attachment that holds tighter than you'd like. Six asks what your bond rests on, freedom or dependence.
What does the number six mean in tarot?
After the break of the five, the six brings stability back, only now it's alive and flexible. Suit numerology sees it as two threes, two small cycles of growth that have found a shared rhythm. Where the four clung to its walls, the six builds bridges: its balance rests on exchange between people, feelings and resources.
Each Six answers the crisis in its own way. Wands answer with victory and recognition, Cups with warm memories and simple kindness, Swords by moving somewhere quieter, Pentacles with help and a fair share. A six doesn't promise endless sunshine, but it shows the narrowest part of the road is behind you.
How do sixes sound in a reading?
Two sixes mean recovery is happening on two fronts, three describe a stretch when life falls into place almost by itself, and all four signal balance fully restored. Next to The Devil or The Moon the sixes taste different: help may come with strings attached, and the past may look rosier than it was.
The seven follows the six with its tests, so use the harmony to gather strength and thank those who helped. Take the quiz to check how well you read these shades; a run with no mistakes earns Tayna keys.
All questions and answers
Open after you play: the full question set with right answers and explanations.
1. Which arcanum, like The Lovers, reduces to six?
Right answer: The Devil
The Devil is card XV: 1 + 5 = 6. Both cards of six are about bonds: freely chosen or held by attachment.
2. What does the number six stand for in the Minor Arcana?
Right answer: Harmony after hardship
After the five's rupture the six restores balance: a living, moving balance built on exchange.
3. How does suit numerology break down the six?
Right answer: Two threes, two growth cycles
The six is seen as two threes: two small cycles of growth that have found a shared rhythm.
4. How is the six's harmony different from the four's?
Right answer: It builds bridges, not walls
The four clung to walls and reserves; the six relies on exchange between people, feelings and resources.
5. Which six is the most public, about recognition and status?
Right answer: Six of Wands
The Six of Wands answers crisis with victory: others see the success, and it's fine to accept it without false modesty.
6. A career question draws the Six of Pentacles. What's it about?
Right answer: A bonus or support
In a career reading the Six of Pentacles is a bonus, a grant or a chance to help someone; a public win is Wands.
7. A six promises nothing but clear skies from now on.
Right answer: Myth
A six shows the narrowest stretch is behind you, but the seven follows with a new test.
8. A relationship question draws the Six of Swords. What does the couple need?
Right answer: A change of scene
In matters of the heart the Six of Swords says a change of scene or calm distance from the quarrel will help.
9. Which number follows the six and tests its harmony?
Right answer: Seven
After the six comes the seven with its doubts and tests, so use the breather to gather strength.
10. Next to which arcana do the sixes change their flavour?
Right answer: The Devil and The Moon
With The Devil, help may come with strings attached; with The Moon, the past in the Six of Cups looks rosier than it was.
11. Three sixes in a spread. How do you make the good run last?
Right answer: Help someone else
Three sixes mean life is falling into place with little effort. Don't take it for granted; share it with others.
12. What does a reversed six mean in general?
Right answer: Harmony won't settle
Success goes unseen, the past holds on, a move stalls or an exchange is unfair. Find where the balance broke.