Three of Pentacles
Upright meaning
Skilled work improved through collaboration. Different contributions need recognition and coordination.
Something to consider
This may go better with someone else’s skills alongside yours. Clarify who does what and make room for honest feedback.
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Waite: the card
A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has received his reward and is now at work in earnest.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Waite: divinatory meaning
Métier, trade, skilled labour; usually, how-ever, regarded as a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Waite: reversed
Mediocrity, in work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Mathers: meaning
75. Three of Pentacles.-Nobility, Elevation, Dignity, Rank, Power; R. Children, Sons, Daughters, Youths, Commencement.
Source: The Tarot: Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1888) · Public domain