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Four of Pentacles

Upright meaning

Holding on to resources or control for security. Protection may become rigidity or fear of loss.

Something to consider

Holding tightly can feel safe while making life smaller. Check what you genuinely need to protect and where a little flexibility would help.

Historical texts

Waite: the card

A crowned figure, having a pentacle over his crown, clasps another with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet. He holds to that which he has.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Waite: divinatory meaning

The surety of possessions, cleaving to that which one has, gift, legacy, inheritance.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Waite: reversed

Suspense, delay, opposition.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Mathers: meaning

74. Four of Pentacles.-Pleasure, Gaiety, Enjoyment, Satisfaction; R. Obstacles, Hindrances.

Source: The Tarot: Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1888) · Public domain