The suit of Earth: work, money, the body and home.
Pentacles, also called Coins or Disks in some decks, is the suit of Earth. Its fourteen cards deal with work, money, the body, home and the slow business of building something that lasts. In astrology it corresponds to the Earth signs, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.
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Ace of Pentacles meaning: a new practical seed, a real opening and solid footing upright; a missed or shaky start reversed. Includes love and work readings.
Two of Pentacles meaning: juggling priorities, adapting to change and keeping balance upright; overload, dropped balls and disorganisation reversed.
Three of Pentacles meaning: teamwork, skilled craft and recognised effort upright; poor collaboration, mismatched standards or lack of feedback reversed.
Four of Pentacles meaning: security, saving and holding on upright; generosity, letting go or clinging and scarcity fears reversed. Love and work readings.
Five of Pentacles meaning: hardship, feeling left out and the help that is near upright; recovery and asking for support reversed. Not a literal prediction.
Six of Pentacles meaning: generosity, fair exchange and receiving help upright; strings attached, debt or uneven giving reversed. Love and work readings.
Seven of Pentacles meaning: patience, assessing your efforts and waiting for slow growth upright; impatience, poor returns or wasted effort reversed.
Eight of Pentacles meaning: diligence, mastering a craft and focused effort upright; perfectionism, repetition or shoddy work reversed. Love and work.
Nine of Pentacles meaning: self-reliance, refined comfort and enjoying what you have earned upright; overwork, dependence or insecurity reversed.
Ten of Pentacles meaning: family, legacy, lasting stability and belonging upright; family tension, instability or fragile foundations reversed.
Page of Pentacles meaning: curiosity, study and a patient first step towards a practical goal upright; daydreaming, procrastination and lost focus reversed.
Knight of Pentacles meaning: reliability, thoroughness and slow steady progress upright; stagnation, stubbornness and dull routine reversed. Love and work.
Queen of Pentacles meaning: nurturing, practical care and a warm, comfortable home upright; self-neglect, smothering or work-life imbalance reversed.
King of Pentacles meaning: stable leadership, practical mastery and generous security upright; greed, rigidity or workaholism reversed. Love and work.