Minor Arcana · Pentacles
King of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
- wealth
- business acumen
- discipline
- material success
King of Pentacles upright
The King of Pentacles is prosperity with integrity. He has built something real and he shares it with an open hand. True wealth is measured in what it grows around you.
King of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, the King of Pentacles reveals wealth guarded without generosity, or success that has lost its soul. True prosperity is measured in what it nourishes.
How to read King of Pentacles
King of Pentacles belongs to the suit of Pentacles. The suit of earth: work, money, home, health and the things we build.
Kings have mastered the suit's energy and lead with it.
Upright, let its keywords guide the reading: wealth, business acumen, discipline, and material success.
Reversed, the same themes are usually blocked, delayed or turned inward. Read the reversed meaning above with that in mind.
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