Four of Pentacles
Four of Pentacles
You value security and stability. Protect what matters while staying open to flow.
Love Security matters, and so does openness. Avoid holding too tightly.
Work Conservative choices protect your position.
Money Saving and careful management serve you.
Wellbeing Stability helps you feel safe.
Growth You are learning when to hold and when to share.
You may be ready to loosen your grip, or spending may need attention.
Love Open up and share.
Work Try new approaches.
Money Balance saving and spending wisely.
Wellbeing Release anxiety about control.
Growth Openness invites abundance.
Symbols in the glass
- Clutched pentacle holding tightly to security
- Pentacle on the crown thoughts centred on possessions
- Pentacles underfoot a firm foundation
- City behind material concerns
A crowned figure sits clutching a pentacle to his chest, with another balanced on his crown and two beneath his feet. A city stands behind him.
Deeper lore
- Element
- Earth
- Astrology
- Sun in Capricorn (decan 20-30°)
- Dates
- 10 Jan to 19 Jan
- Golden Dawn title
- Lord of Earthly Power
- Number
- Four, stability: security held tightly, sometimes too tightly.
- Names
- Four of Pentacles · Quatre de Deniers · 星币四
Waite, 1911
Waite: "the surety of possessions, cleaving to that which one has, gift, legacy, inheritance". Reversed: "suspense, delay, opposition".
What are you holding tightly, and what would happen if you relaxed your grip?
Ask Iris about this cardFor reflection and entertainment. Meanings follow the Smith-Waite tradition.