A rider wearing a laurel wreath comes through on a white horse, and a second wreath is tied to the top of his wand. Around him, people on foot carry wands of their own. It reads like a victory parade. The Six of Wands is the moment effort turns into visible results and the people around you notice.
It usually marks recognition. The project you ran got a good reception, your name came up in the review, the group went with your idea. Work you did quietly for a long time has become something people can see. If you are asked to step up front, there is no need to wave it off. When praise comes, saying thank you and keeping it beats brushing it aside.
Reversed, there are two directions. One is credit that does not arrive the way you hoped. You delivered, but the credit went to someone else, or the praise sounds like politeness. The other is a small win going to your head. Stay up on the horse long enough and you stop seeing the people walking alongside.
It is worth asking whose hands went into this result besides yours. Knowing that keeps praise from inflating you, and makes delayed recognition sting less.
Reading it as 'it is all over now' misses something. The rider is still mid-parade. The card says the result is in, not that the struggle is finished — and in the very next card, the Seven of Wands, the wand has to be raised again.
With the Chariot, the win came from pushing hard and the momentum carries for a while. With the Seven of Wands, standing at the front brings its share of challengers.