Tarot · Pentacles
Four of Pentacles
- holding on
- security
- control
The picture
A crowned man sits in front of a town, clutching one pentacle to his chest, with a second on his crown and two more beneath his feet.
The meaning
The man holds on to his pentacles with his hands, his head and his feet. The tradition reads the Four of Pentacles as a wish for security, thrift and holding on. It stands for what you want to keep, and for the question of whether you can still move while you keep it. Whoever holds on to everything has no hand free.
Reversed
Reversed, it is read as letting go, or generosity that sometimes tips into carelessness.
In love
In love it is read as a wish for security, sometimes as clinging that takes up room.
At work
At work it stands for stability, careful planning and keeping what has been gained.
As your card of the day
You can loosen your grip on something today. A free hand can reach for something new.
The Four of Pentacles stands for security. Check today what you really want to protect.
Pentacles belong to earth. The tradition reads them as work, the body, possessions and everything we build with our hands.
Picture: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 1909, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).