- Suit
- Pentacles
- Keywords
- Holding on • Security
- Astrology
- Sun in Capricorn, 3rd decan
- Yes or no
- Maybe
Holding tight to what you have; building security by saving.
Four of Pentacles upright
Holding tight to what you have; building security by saving. Pentacles belong to earth: money, work, the body and the home. A Pentacles card is about what is concrete and lasting.
Four of Pentacles reversed
A tight grip loosening, or control slipping away; seeing the cost of holding on so hard.
A reversed card is not automatically bad news. It can mean the upright meaning is weaker, turned inward, or flipped; the cards around it tell you which.
In love and relationships
Holding on too tight; trying to control love out of fear of losing it.
Work and money
The reflex to protect what you have; not spending and not taking risks.
Advice
Holding on feels safe, but what doesn't circulate doesn't grow. Look at what you're refusing to let go of. Putting a small part of it back into play is the cheapest way to test the fear.
Is Four of Pentacles yes or no?
Maybe. This card does not give a clean yes or no. The answer depends on a choice that is still yours to make.
Astrological correspondence
In the Golden Dawn system, which the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was drawn within, Four of Pentacles corresponds to Sun in Capricorn, 3rd decan.
