PENTACLES
The Suit of Pentacles is represented by the element of Earth. Pentacles have an affinity to the physical or material level of consciousness and are associated with work, business, trade, money and finance. Pentacles reflect what is real and material in the physical form, results produced by amalgamating our mental, emotional and spiritual efforts. Characteristic is a need for security through education, work, money and assets, as well as tradition and family and community values.
Pentacles people are generous and down to earth, they are patient and don’t rush into anything, with a natural business sense and understanding of money. However, Pentacles people are often set in their ways, weighted down by conservative rules that stifle inspiration. Pentacles reflect the acquisition of academic qualifications and wealth, as well as that of materialism and financial ruin.
ACE OF PENTACLES
New financial opportunities
Golden opportunity
A financial lump sum that will be life changing - such as an inheritance or a deposit for a house - always changes your life for the better
A gift that will greatly enhance your life
A sign of happiness, prosperity and good health
An auspicious sign
2 OF PENTACLES
Keeping your options open
2 opportunities at once
Balancing your finances
Diversifying your financial interests
Remaining flexible
Infinity sign show enormous potential and calls for special attention
Sign of potential growth, especially in financial opportunities
3 OF PENTACLES
Employment
Work
Being monitored or scrutinised by management at work, such as probation periods
Working in collaboration with others
Assistance and support in the workplace
Strong spiritual component - holistic development through workplace opportunities
Developing a strong foundation in a specific career path
4 OF PENTACLES
Material security
Accumulation of wealth
Holding on to your wealth
Selfishness, a need to let go
Consolidation of assets and wealth
Equity, stocks, bonds
Financial and material security which you have - you’re holding on to it
5 OF PENTACLES
Unemployment
Financial loss
Out in the cold
Rejection
Friendless
Finding out who your friends are
Longstanding hardship
Not giving against adversity
Spiritual crisis, a test of faith which often requires us to see a bigger picture
6 OF PENTACLES
Give and take
Acts out of kindness
Charity
Money coming from a source that will help you get on your feet
Can be a relationship where someone dominates another person
Bringing balance to a situation
Morals and ethics
Listening to your conscience and doing the right thing by others
7 OF PENTACLES
Reap what you have sewn
Financial success and rewards
Looking back in satisfaction
Strong focus on building or investing
Using a sum of money from savings to reinvest in a new opportunity
Releasing equity
Preoccupied with investments and finances
Strong growth and/or returns
8 OF PENTACLES
Training through discipline and skill
Financial progress
Manual work using your hands to craft something that can be sold
Apprenticeships
A self made card, so often means working for yourself in business but can mean contracting or freelance work
Strong focus on production of goods and service
Cottage industry
Production line in manufacturing - large or small
9 OF PENTACLES
Self worth, feeling good about yourself through what you do with your life
Often a wish to develop yourself professionally and creatively through something that is important to you
Independence, breaking away from expectations
Fertile latent talents
Selfawareness
Success and achievement through the right choices in life
Making compromises or sacrifices in order to succeed
10 OF PENTACLES
Inheritances
Money with strings attached, often from family or conservative social circles - usually conditional
Large amounts of money
Institutionalised money - old money
Wealth
Aspirational - desire to have a wealthy life for you and your family
Compromising to gain security (there’s usually strings attached)
Contacts - people who can connect you to opportunities
Keeping up appearances - being seen to be doing the right thing
PAGE OF PENTACLES
New beginning
New financial opportunities
Facts and figures that help you to make sense of a situation
Contracts
Fascination of how things work
A nuts and bolts card that sheds light on the fine detail of any opportunity
Card of further study and being studious
Remaining grounded and practical
KNIGHT OF PENTACLES
Stability
Methodical approach
Slow progress
Responsible
Steady routines, often a 9 to 5 mentality
Incredibly honest
Hardworking
Loyalty
Sound financial investments that build slowly over time and give a solid return
Highly practical
Low risk - can even be averse to risk
QUEEN OF PENTACLES
Card of luxury
Material and financial comfort
Appreciating the better things in life
Careful management of finances
Mastering finances
Love and nurturing for other through the provision of material and financial security
Strong focus on family and giving - maternal or paternal
KING OF PENTACLES
Finical success
Rich
Powerful
Surrounded by wealth and money
Excellent business sense that leads to success
Can be difficult to get close to the king because of so much wealth and responsibility
Generous
Giving
Kind hearted
Abundance