Six of Pentacles

Upright meaning

Giving and receiving resources. Generosity also raises questions about fairness, dependence, and who holds power.

Something to consider

Notice the balance between giving and receiving. Helpful support should leave room for dignity, clear expectations, and the freedom to say no.

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Historical texts

Waite: the card

A person in the guise of a merchant weighs money in a pair of scales and distributes it to the needy and distressed. It is a testimony to his own success in life, as well as to his goodness of heart.

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

Waite: divinatory meaning

Presents, gifts, gratification; another account says attention, vigilance; now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.

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

Waite: reversed

Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.

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

Mathers: meaning

72. Six of Pentacles.-Presents, Gifts, Gratification: R. Ambition, Desire, Passion, Aim, Longing.

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