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Four of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Four of Pentacles tarot card

Keywords: security, saving, control, stability, possessiveness

Reversed: greed, fear of loss, letting go, generosity, overspending

Upright

The Four of Pentacles is about protecting what you have: saving, securing, and staying in control. Stability is a good thing, but be careful not to hold on too tightly. What you guard out of fear is hard to enjoy.

Reversed

Reversed, it may mean you're beginning to loosen your grip and share, or, on the other hand, that you're spending without restraint. Look for a middle ground between security and generosity.

In love

Possessiveness or fear of losing your partner; trust is a form of security too.

Work and money

Savings and financial stability; avoid stinginess or too much control.

Advice

Protect what's yours without closing your hands completely.

Symbolism

A crowned man sits clutching a pentacle to his chest, with another on his head and two beneath his feet. A city stretches out behind him, but he has his back turned to it. It is the image of someone who guards what they have so closely that they cut themselves off.

Yes or no?

Maybe. In a yes or no reading, Four of Pentacles doesn’t give a closed answer: it’s a maybe. It depends on your choices and on timing. Yes or no tarot

Element: Earth

Astrology: Sun in Capricorn

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