King of Pentacles
King of Pentacles
Number 14 Earth king
A pentacles card: money, body, and the ordinary business of living.
Upright
prosperitygood managementgenerosity with meanssolidity
Built it, keeps it, shares it. The King of Pentacles is material success handled well: the business that works, the person who is good with money without being ruled by it. As advice, it says take the long, solid, unfashionable route and be generous on the way.
Reversed
greedstatusmoney as the only measure
Wealth as the only measure. Reversed, this is money hoarded, status confused with worth, or somebody whose success has cost them everything the success was for.
What is in the picture
A king on a throne carved with bulls, vines all over his robe, a castle behind and a coin resting on his knee. He is the only king who looks comfortable.
What it says about…
The line a reading leads with, depending on what you said you were asking about.
A bit of everything
Upright: the solid route, managed well and shared.
Reversed: something here is being measured only in money.
Love and relationships
Upright: someone dependable who provides and means it.
Reversed: material generosity substituting for presence.
Work and direction
Upright: build the business properly. Slow and solid.
Reversed: a workplace that values only the numbers.
Money and security
Upright: prosperity, well managed. Reinvest some of it.
Reversed: greed, or fear of losing it, driving decisions.
Me, honestly
Upright: you are better at the practical side than you claim.
Reversed: you are keeping score with the wrong unit.
A decision I am stuck on
Upright: yes: the solid, well-resourced option.
Reversed: you are choosing this purely for the money.
If this card leads
Take the solid route, and be generous while you are on it.
As a yes or no
Upright, it reads as yes. Reversed, no.
“Solid is not the same as small.”
Draw it in a reading
The meaning above, applied to something you are actually asking about.
