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Four of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
The Four of Pentacles tarot card means security, saving and holding on. Holding on tightly.
Upright
- Security
- saving
- holding on
Reversed
- Greed
- letting go
- fear of loss
Yes or no
Maybe
The Four of Pentacles is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Pentacles. Pentacles are the suit of earth: money, work, home, health and the things you can touch.
What the card shows
A crowned man sits hugging a pentacle to his chest. Another is balanced on his crown and one sits under each foot. A city spreads out behind him.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Four of Pentacles is read as holding on. It points to saving, security and protecting what you have, and also to gripping so tightly that nothing can come in or go out.
Four of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, it is read as loosening the grip, generous spending, or fear of losing what you have.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Four of Pentacles is usually read as a maybe: the answer depends on something not settled yet. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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More Pentacles cards
Ace of PentaclesTwo of PentaclesThree of PentaclesFive of PentaclesSix of PentaclesSeven of PentaclesEight of PentaclesNine of PentaclesTen of PentaclesPage of PentaclesKnight of PentaclesQueen of PentaclesKing of Pentacles
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