Knight of Pentacles

Upright meaning

Steady, dependable work. Routine and persistence build results, though caution can become stagnation.

Something to consider

A dependable routine can carry you when motivation is uneven. Keep the promise small enough that you can actually repeat it.

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Historical texts

Waite: the card

He rides a slow, enduring, heavy horse, to which his own aspect corresponds. He exhibits his symbol, but does not look therein.

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

Waite: divinatory meaning

Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude—all on the normal and external plane.

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

Waite: reversed

inertia, idleness, repose of that kind, stagnation; also placidity, discouragement, carelessness.

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

Mathers: meaning

66. Knight of Pentacles.-A useful Man, Trustworthy, Wisdom, Economy, Order, Regulation; R. A brave Man, but out of Employment, Idle, Unemployed, Negligent.

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