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Ace of Pentacles |
 A hand--issuing, as usual, from a cloud--holds up
a pentacle. : Perfect contentment,
felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold. Reversed: The evil side of
wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable
material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on
whether the card is reversed or not. |
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Two of Pentacles |
 A young man, in the act of dancing, has a pentacle
in either hand, and they are joined by that endless cord which is like the number 8
reversed. : On the one hand it is
represented as a card of gaiety, recreation and its connexions, which is the subject of
the design; but it is read also as news and messages in writing, as obstacles, agitation,
trouble, embroilment. Reversed: Enforced gaiety, simulated enjoyment, literal
sense, handwriting, composition, letters of exchange. |
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Three of Pentacles |
 A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the
design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has
received his reward and is now at work in earnest.: Métier, trade, skilled labour; usually, however, regarded as
a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory. Reversed: Mediocrity, in work and
otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness. |
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Four of Pentacles |
 A crowned figure, having a pentacle over his
crown, clasps another with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet. He holds to
that which he has. : The surety of
possessions, cleaving to that which one has, gift, legacy, inheritance. Reversed:
Suspense, delay, opposition. |
Five of Pentacles |
 Two mendicants in a snow-storm pass a lighted
casement. : The card foretells
material trouble above all, whether in the form illustrated--that is, destitution--or
otherwise. For some cartomancists, it is a card of love and lovers-wife, husband, friend,
mistress; also concordance, affinities. These alternatives cannot be harmonized. Reversed:
Disorder, chaos, ruin, discord, profligacy. |
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