The Meaning Of The Suit of Pentacles Tarot Card

New to Tarot? Just pulled a card in the suit of Pentacles? If a card from the reliable suit of Pentacles was pulled out of your deck and you want to know what it means, keep reading!

The suit of Pentacles wants you to create security for yourself and be dependable! The suit of Pentacles helps us create foundations for ourselves and be someone others can rely on.

The Suit of Pentacles is about creating stability for yourself and others as you journey through life. Still, there may come a time when too much rigidity or greed can cause issues in your relationship with abundance and with other people in your life. 

Want to know what else this suit wants to share with you? Read on!

Key Facts

Upright Meaning of The Suit of Pentacles

The suit of Pentacles is about being secure. Nothing happens without that person everyone can depend on, who works hardest, or who you can trust when things get rough—the upright suit of Pentacles champions these people. 

With the suit of Pentacles upright, there’s a knowledge that you’re putting in the hard work to receive the reward, and knowing that you worked so hard to achieve it makes it all the better. Alternatively, when you fall short, you’re encouraged to try again.

You can see fluctuations in your abundance when you see the suit of Pentacles, depending on which card you’re pulling out of the deck. If it’s the Five of Pentacles, you might want to start saving, whereas the Ace of Pentacles is a sign of new growth.

The suit of Pentacles is all about creating stability, laying down new foundations, and finding a balance in all areas of life. You’re in a much more secure position if you can find your balance and stand on your own two feet. 

Often, you have to work for what you want, but the upright suit of Pentacles can also indicate that you may receive donations, grants, inheritance, or gifts in addition to income. The Six of Pentacles and the Ten of Pentacles especially send this message.

Love and Relationships – Upright, The Suit of Pentacles

In love, the suit of Pentacles provides you with relationships that have emotional stability, practicality, generosity, and abundance. It can be challenging to keep an equilibrium when two people enter a relationship, but the level–headedness of this suit helps. 

Money isn’t everything but essential, and the suit of Pentacles makes this obvious. When you’re in a relationship, it’s good to be able to pay your mutual bills. Otherwise, arguments often erupt! You likely are in a good place financially with your partner, or both feel supported. 

Generosity is an important trait of the Pentacles cards, and because generosity is not only connected to money, it’s also connected to love; you may be with someone very loving and expressive with you, and they won’t share this love with others. Pentacles are loyal!

It’s time for you to be practical in love, generous, and reliable. The suit of Pentacles can help you form the foundation you’re looking for and find the balance you’re yearning for. Create your dream with hard work, and then love may find you when you’re on solid ground!

Career and Work – Upright, The Suit of Pentacles

On the career side of life, you can see the suit of Pentacles, which wants you to think practically about your workplace. You aren’t afraid to go after what you want, and you’re working toward it in a grounded and consistent manner.

The suit of Pentacles knows that your dependability and reliability are highly desired, as well as your work ethic. While you likely have difficult moments, you’re the person they want for the job. No one’s perfect, but you’re working hard to get there!

Bosses and coworkers will appreciate you giving your all, and it can indicate that your financial revenue may be improving. Make sure that you’re providing them with a clear idea of who you are, what you’re here to do, and what you want to accomplish.

Health and Wellness – Upright, The Suit of Pentacles

Let’s get consistent! The suit of Pentacles is here to let you know that it’s time to be consistent in your health habits, well-being, and idea of what that is for you. It tells you that you are usually solid and that your practical choices have served you well.

Establishing health routines is tantamount. A balanced lifestyle matters so much in terms of health, and if you are letting this fall to the wayside, you might be unhappy when a more difficult time to get it together comes around. 

Spiritual Context – Upright, The Suit of Pentacles

The Suit of Pentacles can encourage you to take a more routine approach to your spiritual life. You might want to research a mentor’s teachings and methods of grounding yourself that are good for you. 

The suit of Pentacles wants you to find spiritual fulfillment and connect with the material world on a deeper level, synthesizing it with the spiritual life. It is impossible in this life to separate one from the other. Find your inner balance between materialism and spirituality.

In addition, you’re meant to appreciate the beauty and abundance in the world around you instead of only paying attention to what makes you feel nervous or unhappy. Pay attention to what you want to manifest more in your life without becoming isolated.

The suit of Pentacles is practical, stable, and generous rather than an impractical insecurity.

Reversed Meaning of The Suit of Pentacles

When you see the Suit of Pentacles reversed, it can let you know that there are challenges and imbalances in the material realm or a struggle synthesizing the material and spiritual worlds.

The Suit of Pentacles can let you know that you need to create more security, as you may be too vulnerable or erratic right now, and this may be causing problems for you in many areas of life. Having no stability will end up making you sway back and forth chaotically. 

The Suit of Pentacles reversed is often trying to let you know that you’re not being fulfilled, disorganised, or struggling with instability. However, if the Five of Pentacles appears reversed, this is actually a sign that your stability is improving!

Abundance can also be an issue, with reversed Pentacle cards creating struggles with low finances, resources, supporters, and even inner emotional security. It’s hard to let other people support you, but you may need to when you see the reversed suit of Pentacles.

Love and Relationships – Reversed, The Suit of Pentacles

When the suit of Pentacles appears reversed in a love reading, it can mean you are struggling with some emotional turbulence, financial or material issues, disagreements, possessions, or shared responsibilities. 

You might feel strongly about this person now, but the reversed suit of Pentacles could be alerting you to the fact that this person is emotionally closed off, irresponsible, rude, or experiencing emotional stress.

If you’re not in a place where you can handle that, it can be difficult for the other person as you may be more withdrawn or critical, or they might be, even though you’re both tired of being mad at each other. Break the cycle!

Career and Work – Reversed, The Suit of Pentacles

When it comes to your work, the reversed suit of Pentacles is letting you know that challenges and imbalances might be throwing a wrench in your career plans! Financial stability looks shaky, career growth is pitiful, and income is chaotic. 

The reversed suit of Pentacles knows that sometimes it takes patience to understand a more complex situation. Additionally, if you’re willing to wait and understand someone, you can make some of the best friends. 

It could also mean that someone in your workplace is destabilizing you, or the job may require emotional harshness or coldheartedness. It might be best to change or move away from this energy.

Health and Wellness – Reversed, The Suit of Pentacles

The suit of Pentacles reversed in health lets you know you neglect self-care. This may not be your fault; you may be struggling with health disorders or obstacles that prevent you from being your healthiest self. That’s no good!

If you’re always sacrificing for others or working late into the night, not respecting your body could come back to haunt you. You might need to make more time for yourself and implement healthy routines, buy groceries and meal plans ahead of time, etc.

It’s easy to get distracted in such a distracting world, but make sure you’re focused on the people who matter most and if they’re doing okay right now. If they’re doing well, you may want to try and learn about yourself. You’re super cool!

Spiritual Context – Reversed, The Suit of Pentacles

You may feel spiritually unfulfilled when the Suit of Pentacles appears reversed in a spiritual reading. You might feel like nothing’s going your way, and you may be struggling with inner obstacles and blocks you’re unaware of. Get unblocked, quick!

If you want to succeed, the best thing you can do is make a plan, stick to the plan, and ground yourself during this time. A lack of meaning or purpose could be causing you to feel unhappy as well, making you worry that there’s no meaning to your life.

Spiritual fulfillment is on the horizon, but it’s not quite here yet. Keep working at it, and make sure you come from a place of neutrality and inner balance.

When the Suit of Pentacles is reversed, you know it’s time to bring more stability, abundance, and balance!

The Suit of Pentacles: Yes or No

The suit of Pentacles is a yes when you’re not looking at Four of Pentacles or Five of Pentacles. These cards are often a no, but otherwise, the other Pentacle cards are happy to help you find your footing and become secure in a yes. 

Since the suit of Pentacles champions a grounded approach to life, they usually won’t say yes to a big risk you want to take. Still, if you’re someone who’s trying to start a new business, a new relationship, or a new undertaking of any kind in a planned-out way, the answer is yes!

The suit of Pentacles is all about creating security, being generous, and knowing how to balance the two without becoming greedy, destitute, or overwhelmed. The more you keep your feet planted solidly on the ground, the more likely you’ll find success!

When the suit of Pentacles is here, the answer is yes, unless it’s the Four or Five of Pentacles! Then it’s likely a no!

The Suit of Pentacles and Astrology

In astrology, the secure, stable suit of Pentacles is associated with earth signs. The earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn, and Venus, Mercury, and Saturn rule them, respectively. 

Venus brings abundance and balance, Mercury brings planning and networking, while Saturn brings structure and reliability. You’ll already have a good handle on the Pentacles energy when you’re an earth sign yourself. 

The earth signs Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn will emotionally identify with the suit of Pentacles!

The Suit of Pentacles and Numerology

In numerology, the suit of Pentacles is represented by the number 8. 8 represents abundance, spirituality, and generosity. 

The number 8 dabbles in both the spiritual and the material world and strongly desires peace and harmony. 

If you associate the sight of this card suit with improving yourself so you can give more effectively, that’s perfectly valid! However, it’s important to remember that any act of generosity involving your resources, time, or energy can align with the number 8.

Number 8 helps us in the door of inner wisdom and stability, knowing that we live in both the spiritual and material worlds simultaneously. 

The Suit of Pentacles as a Daily Card

The suit of Pentacles is all about abundance! When you see this card as your daily card, it helps you create stability and new revenue streams.

If you’re not asking a question about career or finances, it may be that this card is indicating that a stable person is coming your way or someone in your life may need a dependable person, one that you can be for them.

This card tells you to do the right thing, the sure thing, the thing that you know 100% without a doubt will end up great. You can also use the resources you have to be generous with others and help build up their stability in tandem with yours.

As always, stay grounded, as the suit of Pentacles knows you have the durability and strength to act on what you’re asking about. It wants you to have inner security, a plan, and a foundation to launch from!

The suit of Pentacles wants you to be practical and abundant, but don’t let a lack of balance send you toward either greed or scarcity.

The Suit of Pentacles in Relation to Other Cards

Want to know how the suit of Pentacles works with the other suits in the deck, or even specific cards? Look no further! Every suit is connected to an element, and pentacles, being so grounded, practical, and dedicated, is the earth suit.

• Suit of Pentacles’s earth + The Suit of Cups’ water = Working in harmony, emotional healing, supporting each other, peacefulness, grounded in emotions
• Suit of Pentacles’s earth + The Suit of Wands’ fire = A practical approach to progress, being passionate and disciplined, burning out due to exhaustion, being passionate but grounded
• Suit of Pentacles’s earth + The Suit of Swords air = Having no roots, caution, thoughtfulness, logical without being emotional, balance between groundedness and freedom

Complementary Cards

A few examples of cards that complement the The Suit of Pentacles and add depth to your reading are the following:

• The Emperor: The Seven of Pentacles shares the discipline, stability, and decisive nature with the Emperor
• The Empress: The Six of Pentacles has a shared nurturing energy and abundance with the Empress
• The Four of Wands: The Ten of Pentacles shares success, prosperity, and fulfillment with the Four of Wands
• The Ace of Wands: The Knight of Pentacles has a similar enthusiastic, ambitious, and optimistic nature like the The Ace of Wands
• The Hermit: The Page of Pentacles has the same wisdom, self-discovery, and inner growth as The Hermit

Contrasting Cards

Contrasting cards are those that provide a different energy or perspective to the Suit of Pentacles.

Examples of cards that may contrast the The Suit of Pentacles are the following:

• The Knight of Wands: The Knight of Pentacles isn’t as rash or impulsive as the Knight of Wands, indicating a need to be less impulsive in life when making decisions
• The Fool: The Queen of Pentacles isn’t as carefree or spontaneous as The Fool, indicating a need to be more cautious or plan more
• The Nine of Swords: The Ten of Pentacles isn’t as anxious or worried as the Nine of Swords, indicating a need to be more steady and less frantic
• The Two of Pentacles: The Nine of Pentacles isn’t unstable or indecisive like The Two of Pentacles, which may mean you need to make a decision, and soon!
• The Seven of Cups: The King of Pentacles isn’t as fantastical or dreamy as the Seven of Cups, indicating a need to balance creativity with planning

When a card in the suit of Pentacles is with a complementary card, it might be telling you to go for it, but in a specific way! If a card in the suit of Pentacles is with a contrasting card, figure out what needs balancing out.

Conclusion

The suit of Pentacles wants you to be honest, dependable, and generous with those in need. You’re a spiritual and a material being, living in both worlds, and no one knows this balance better than the suit of Pentacles. It can lean a little toward the material, but not totally!

It won’t stand for you being greedy and hoarding, nor for you being unstable or living in scarcity. The suit of Pentacles wants abundance for all, and when you can help create it, it’s all worth it! A balanced approach to abundance, wealth, and dependability.

He can help you find your abundance. Are you willing to look?

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