Minor Arcana · Pentacles
Knight of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
- reliability
- hard work
- methodical
- persistence
Knight of Pentacles upright
The Knight of Pentacles is the slow, reliable worker. Progress here is methodical, steady, unglamorous — and exactly what the task requires. Keep going; the plough always reaches the end of the field.
Knight of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, the Knight of Pentacles warns of stagnation masquerading as patience. The steady horse still has to move. Take today's small step.
How to read Knight of Pentacles
Knight of Pentacles belongs to the suit of Pentacles. The suit of earth: work, money, home, health and the things we build.
Knights carry the suit into action, sometimes in a hurry.
Upright, let its keywords guide the reading: reliability, hard work, methodical, and persistence.
Reversed, the same themes are usually blocked, delayed or turned inward. Read the reversed meaning above with that in mind.
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