Queen of Pentacles
practical care · prosperity at home · nurturing · a well-run house
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Pentacles
In a few words
- practical care
- prosperity at home
- nurturing
- a well-run house
A queen in a garden, a coin in her lap, a hare at her feet. Practical, warm, generous, running a prosperous home.
Upright
- Everything
- A queen in a garden, a coin in her lap, a hare at her feet. Practical, warm, generous, running a prosperous home.
- Love
- A nurturing partner who makes a home. Love shown through care and provision.
- Work
- Manage resources kindly and well. Business with a human touch.
- Money
- Money handled with sense and warmth. Comfort, security, a table always laid.
- Myself
- Take care of your body, your home, your money, in that order. Ground yourself.
Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 256
Reversed
- Everything
- Care turned to smothering, or a home neglected for work. Financial worry behind a calm face.
- Love
- Over-mothering, or feeling used as the provider. Ask for care back.
- Work
- Work-life imbalance. Or resources managed for show, not substance.
- Money
- Overspending on the home, or hoarding out of fear. Steady the hand.
- Myself
- Self-neglect while everyone else is fed. Your turn.
Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 256
The card, as Waite described it
The face suggests that of a dark woman, whose qualities might be summed up in the idea of greatness of soul; she has also the serious cast of intelligence; she contemplates her symbol and may see worlds therein.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 256
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.