Three of Pentacles
Three of Pentacles
Number 3 Earth
A pentacles card: money, body, and the ordinary business of living.
Upright
collaborationcraftbeing valued for the workapprenticeship
The work, done well, with other people. The Three of Pentacles is a craftsman in a cathedral being consulted by the people paying for it: skill respected, a team where each person is doing the part they are good at. It is quietly one of the best work cards there is.
Reversed
working alonepoor teamworkunrecognised skill
The collaboration is not working. Reversed, this is skill unrecognised, a team pulling in different directions, or the specific waste of doing everything yourself because explaining it would take longer.
What is in the picture
A sculptor on a bench in a cathedral, a monk and a nobleman holding plans and consulting him. He is standing above them and they are listening.
What it says about…
The line a reading leads with, depending on what you said you were asking about.
A bit of everything
Upright: work with other people on this. Your part is the part you are good at.
Reversed: you are doing this alone and it is showing.
Love and relationships
Upright: a relationship as a joint project, in the good sense.
Reversed: two people not actually working on the same thing.
Work and direction
Upright: your craft being recognised. Ask for the money that goes with it.
Reversed: skill taken for granted. Make it visible.
Money and security
Upright: get paid properly for what you can actually do.
Reversed: undercharging, again.
Me, honestly
Upright: you are good at this. That is an observation, not a boast.
Reversed: asking for help is faster than the alternative you have chosen.
A decision I am stuck on
Upright: yes, if you are not doing it alone.
Reversed: not without the right people around it.
If this card leads
Say what you need from the other people, specifically.
As a yes or no
Upright, it reads as yes. Reversed, no.
“I am good at the part that is mine.”
Draw it in a reading
The meaning above, applied to something you are actually asking about.
