Two beggars, one on crutches, struggle through the snow past a church window lit from within. It is hardship, poverty, illness or exclusion: help is near, but unseen.
Hardship in the snow, outside the lighted window.
Waite’s keywords (1911): Material trouble above all, destitution; for some, a card of love and lovers, concord.
Reversed
Reversed, the hardship ends: recovery, help received, coming back in from the cold.
The door found at last, recovery after hard times.
Waite’s keywords (1911): Disorder, chaos, ruin, discord, profligacy.
In love
Upright Feeling left out in love; loneliness, or two people suffering together.
Reversed Love returns after a hard time; you come in from the cold together.
In work
Upright Job loss or hard times at work.
Reversed Recovery after a crisis; a new job.
In money
Upright Financial hardship, poverty, unpaid bills.
Reversed Financial recovery begins.
At home and in the family
Upright Difficulties at home; worries about health or money.
Reversed Help comes from the family.
On your path
Upright Spiritual poverty; you seek the light outside the window.
Reversed Spiritual help arrives; you are let in.
Its counsel
Upright Ask for help; the door is open.
Reversed Accept the help that comes.
Correspondences
- Arcana
- Minor Arcana, suit of Pentacles
- Element
- Earth
- Rank
- Fives: struggle, loss and unsettling change
Pentacles
Ace of Pentacles · Two of Pentacles · Three of Pentacles · Four of Pentacles · Six of Pentacles · Seven of Pentacles · Eight of Pentacles · Nine of Pentacles · Ten of Pentacles · Page of Pentacles · Knight of Pentacles · Queen of Pentacles · King of Pentacles