A farmer leans on his hoe, looking at seven pentacles growing on a green bush. It is patience, evaluation and long-term investment: the harvest is coming, but not yet.
Patience in the garden, waiting for the harvest.
Waite’s keywords (1911): Money, business, barter; or altercation, quarrel; or innocence, ingenuity, purgation.
Reversed
Reversed, impatience: poor results, wasted effort, or an investment that does not pay back.
Impatience, effort spent without return.
Waite’s keywords (1911): Anxiety about money one may be asked to lend.
In love
Upright A relationship that grows slowly and needs patience.
Reversed Impatience in love; disappointment after much effort.
In work
Upright Patient work; a long-term investment; time to evaluate progress.
Reversed Effort without result; you wonder whether to continue.
In money
Upright Long-term investments; slow but real growth.
Reversed Bad investments or money that does not grow.
At home and in the family
Upright Building a home patiently, season by season.
Reversed Frustration with slow progress at home.
On your path
Upright Patience on the path; spiritual growth is slow.
Reversed Impatience on the path.
Its counsel
Upright Be patient: the harvest is coming.
Reversed Review your strategy before you invest more.
Correspondences
- Arcana
- Minor Arcana, suit of Pentacles
- Element
- Earth
- Rank
- Sevens: tests of faith and inner work
Pentacles
Ace of Pentacles · Two of Pentacles · Three of Pentacles · Four of Pentacles · Five of Pentacles · Six of Pentacles · Eight of Pentacles · Nine of Pentacles · Ten of Pentacles · Page of Pentacles · Knight of Pentacles · Queen of Pentacles · King of Pentacles