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Page of Pentacles |
A youthful figure, looking intently at the pentacle which hovers over his
raised hands. He moves slowly, insensible of that which is about him.
: Application, study, scholarship, reflection another reading
says news, messages and the bringer thereof; also rule, management.
Reversed: Prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury; unfavourable
news. |
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Knight of Pentacles |
He rides a slow, enduring, heavy horse, to which his own aspect
corresponds. He exhibits his symbol, but does not look therein.
: Utility, serviceableness,
interest, responsibility, rectitude-all on the normal and external plane.
Reversed: inertia, idleness, repose of that kind, stagnation; also
placidity, discouragement, carelessness. |
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Queen of Pentacles |
The face suggests that of a dark woman, whose qualities might be summed
up in the idea of greatness of soul; she has also the serious cast of
intelligence; she contemplates her symbol and may see worlds therein.
: Opulence, generosity,
magnificence, security, liberty. Reversed: Evil, suspicion, suspense,
fear, mistrust. |
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King of Pentacles |
The figure calls for no special description the face is rather dark,
suggesting also courage, but somewhat lethargic in tendency. The bull's head
should be noted as a recurrent symbol on the throne. The sign of this suit
is represented throughout as engraved or blazoned with the pentagram,
typifying the correspondence of the four elements in human nature and that
by which they may be governed. In many old Tarot packs this suit stood for
current coin, money, deniers. I have not invented the substitution of
pentacles and I have no special cause to sustain in respect of the
alternative. But the consensus of divinatory meanings is on the side of some
change, because the cards do not happen to deal especially with questions of
money. Divinatory Meanings:
: Valour, realizing
intelligence, business and normal intellectual aptitude, sometimes
mathematical gifts and attainments of this kind; success in these paths.
Reversed: Vice, weakness, ugliness, perversity, corruption, peril. |
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