A merchant weighs coins on a scale and gives alms to two kneeling beggars. It is generosity, giving and receiving, charity: balance between those who have and those who need.
Generosity, the scales of giving and receiving.
Waite’s keywords (1911): Presents, gifts, gratification; attention, vigilance; now is the accepted time.
Reversed
Reversed, the giving is unbalanced: debts, generosity with strings attached, or exploitation.
Debts and strings attached, a gift with a price.
Waite’s keywords (1911): Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
In love
Upright Balanced love, where both give and receive.
Reversed Imbalance: one only gives, the other only takes.
In work
Upright Fair pay, help from a mentor or employer.
Reversed Unfair pay; exploitation at work.
In money
Upright Money received or given; generosity, a loan or a gift.
Reversed Debts, or help that comes with strings attached.
At home and in the family
Upright Sharing and helping each other in the family.
Reversed Inequality in the family; someone gives everything, someone takes everything.
On your path
Upright Generosity of spirit; giving as a spiritual practice.
Reversed Giving to be seen, not out of love.
Its counsel
Upright Give and receive in balance.
Reversed Give without conditions, and receive without guilt.
Correspondences
- Arcana
- Minor Arcana, suit of Pentacles
- Element
- Earth
- Rank
- Sixes: harmony restored, gifts given and received
Dreams that carry this card
Pentacles
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