Q Post 3599 "Six o' clock can be dangerous" Q always INTRIGUES me and I wanted to know what "Six o'clock can be dangerous" meant and I found something INTERESTING. Whether or not it has anything to do with what Q meant I don't know, but I did learn something fascinating. "What does "watch your six" mean? Does it mean "watch your back", like in a dangerous area? Your intuitions are correct; the phrase 'watch your six' does indeed mean 'watch your back'. It refers to the 6 position on the face of a clock. If you were standing in the center of a clock face, facing the 12 position, the 6 position would be immediately behind you.  Using this analogy, 12 o'clock means ahead or above, 3 o'clock means to the right, 6 o'clock means behind or below, and 9 o'clock means to the left. The other eight hours refer to directions that are not directly in line with the four major directions. This phrase is often used by combat fighter pilots to refer to keeping an eye out for enemy attacks coming from behind. THAT SOUNDS DANGEROUS TO ME. A clock position is the relative direction of an object described using the analogy of a 12-hour clock to describe angles and directions. One imagines a clock face lying either upright or flat in front of oneself, and identifies the twelve hour markings with the directions in which they point. In aviation, a clock position refers to a horizontal direction; it may be supplemented with the word high or low to describe the vertical direction which is pointed towards your feet. 6 o'clock high means behind and above the horizon, while 12 o'clock low means ahead and below the horizon." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_position