Seven of Pentacles
Seven of Pentacles
Number 7 Earth
A pentacles card: money, body, and the ordinary business of living.
Upright
patienceassessmentslow growththe long crop
Leaning on a hoe looking at what you have grown, deciding whether it is working. The Seven of Pentacles is the assessment point in a long project, not finished, far enough along to judge. The card counsels patience and it also permits a hard look at the return.
Reversed
impatiencewasted effortpulling it up to look
Impatience, or the wrong crop. Reversed, this is effort put into something that will not pay, giving up a month before it would have worked, or pulling the thing up to check whether it is growing.
What is in the picture
A man leaning on a hoe looking at a bush with six coins on it and one at his feet. He has stopped working to look, which is the whole card.
What it says about…
The line a reading leads with, depending on what you said you were asking about.
A bit of everything
Upright: assess honestly, then keep going. It is not ready yet.
Reversed: either impatience or effort in the wrong field. Work out which.
Love and relationships
Upright: a relationship growing slowly. That is how the ones that last do it.
Reversed: putting years into something that is not becoming anything.
Work and direction
Upright: a long project at the point where you can judge it. Judge it, then continue.
Reversed: sunk cost. Ask what you would do if you were starting now.
Money and security
Upright: long-term saving doing its unglamorous work. Leave it.
Reversed: checking the balance daily does not make it grow.
Me, honestly
Upright: you are further on than the last month suggests.
Reversed: you have been at this a long time. It is fair to ask what for.
A decision I am stuck on
Upright: wait one more season, then decide.
Reversed: you have your answer and are hoping for a different one.
If this card leads
Judge it on the season, not on the week.
As a yes or no
Upright, it reads as maybe. Reversed, no.
“Slow growth is still growth.”
Draw it in a reading
The meaning above, applied to something you are actually asking about.
