| THE SUIT OF PENTACLES King |
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.
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.
| Queen |
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. Divinatory Meanings: Opulence, generosity, magnificence,
security, liberty. Reversed: Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.
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. Divinatory Meanings: Opulence, generosity, magnificence,
security, liberty. Reversed: Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.
He rides a slow, enduring, heavy horse, to which his own aspect
corresponds. He exhibits his symbol, but does not look therein.
Divinatory Meanings: Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility,
rectitude-all on the normal and external plane. Reversed: inertia,
idleness, repose of that kind, stagnation; also placidity,
discouragement, carelessness.
corresponds. He exhibits his symbol, but does not look therein.
Divinatory Meanings: Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility,
rectitude-all on the normal and external plane. Reversed: inertia,
idleness, repose of that kind, stagnation; also placidity,
discouragement, carelessness.
A youthful figure, looking intently at the pentacle which hovers over
his raised hands. He moves slowly, insensible of that which is about
him. Divinatory Meanings: Application, study, scholarship, reflection
another reading says news, messages and the bringer thereof; also
rule, management. Reversed: Prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury;
unfavourable news.
his raised hands. He moves slowly, insensible of that which is about
him. Divinatory Meanings: Application, study, scholarship, reflection
another reading says news, messages and the bringer thereof; also
rule, management. Reversed: Prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury;
unfavourable news.
A man and woman beneath an archway which gives entrance to a
house and domain. They are accompanied by a child, who looks
curiously at two dogs accosting an ancient personage seated in the
foreground. The child's hand is on one of them. Divinatory Meanings:
Gain, riches; family matters, archives, extraction, the abode of a
family. Reversed: Chance, fatality, loss, robbery, games of hazard;
sometimes gift, dowry, pension.
house and domain. They are accompanied by a child, who looks
curiously at two dogs accosting an ancient personage seated in the
foreground. The child's hand is on one of them. Divinatory Meanings:
Gain, riches; family matters, archives, extraction, the abode of a
family. Reversed: Chance, fatality, loss, robbery, games of hazard;
sometimes gift, dowry, pension.
A woman, with a bird upon her wrist, stands amidst a great abundance
of grapevines in the garden of a manorial house. It is a wide domain,
suggesting plenty in all things. Possibly it is her own possession and
testifies to material well-being. Divinatory Meanings: Prudence, safety,
success, accomplishment, certitude, discernment. Reversed:
Roguery, deception, voided project, bad faith.
of grapevines in the garden of a manorial house. It is a wide domain,
suggesting plenty in all things. Possibly it is her own possession and
testifies to material well-being. Divinatory Meanings: Prudence, safety,
success, accomplishment, certitude, discernment. Reversed:
Roguery, deception, voided project, bad faith.
An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.
Divinatory Meanings: Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship,
skill in craft and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage.
Reversed: Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may
also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious mind
turned to cunning and intrigue.
Divinatory Meanings: Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship,
skill in craft and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage.
Reversed: Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may
also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious mind
turned to cunning and intrigue.
A young man, leaning on his staff, looks intently at seven pentacles
attached to a clump of greenery on his right; one would say that these
were his treasures and that his heart was there. Divinatory Meanings:
These are exceedingly contradictory; in the main, it is a card of
money, business, barter; but one reading gives altercation,
quarrels--and another innocence, ingenuity, purgation. Reversed:
Cause for anxiety regarding money which it may be proposed to lend.
attached to a clump of greenery on his right; one would say that these
were his treasures and that his heart was there. Divinatory Meanings:
These are exceedingly contradictory; in the main, it is a card of
money, business, barter; but one reading gives altercation,
quarrels--and another innocence, ingenuity, purgation. Reversed:
Cause for anxiety regarding money which it may be proposed to lend.
A person in the guise of a merchant weighs money in a pair of scales
and distributes it to the needy and distressed. It is a testimony to his
own success in life, as well as to his goodness of heart. Divinatory
Meanings: Presents, gifts, gratification another account says
attention, vigilance now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.
Reversed: Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
and distributes it to the needy and distressed. It is a testimony to his
own success in life, as well as to his goodness of heart. Divinatory
Meanings: Presents, gifts, gratification another account says
attention, vigilance now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.
Reversed: Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
Two mendicants in a snow-storm pass a lighted casement. Divinatory
Meanings: 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.
Meanings: 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.
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. Divinatory Meanings: The surety of possessions,
cleaving to that which one has, gift, legacy, inheritance. Reversed:
Suspense, delay, opposition.
with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet. He holds to
that which he has. Divinatory Meanings: The surety of possessions,
cleaving to that which one has, gift, legacy, inheritance. Reversed:
Suspense, delay, opposition.
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. Divinatory
Meanings: Métier, trade, skilled labour; usually, however, regarded as
a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory. Reversed: Mediocrity, in
work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness.
illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein
has received his reward and is now at work in earnest. Divinatory
Meanings: Métier, trade, skilled labour; usually, however, regarded as
a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory. Reversed: Mediocrity, in
work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness.
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. Divinatory Meanings: 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.
and they are joined by that endless cord which is like the number 8
reversed. Divinatory Meanings: 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.
A hand--issuing, as usual, from a cloud--holds up a pentacle.
Divinatory Meanings: 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.
Divinatory Meanings: 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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The Pictorial Key To The Tarot: Part 3