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Knight of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
The Knight of Pentacles tarot card means reliability, hard work and routine. Slow, reliable progress.
Upright
- Reliability
- hard work
- routine
Reversed
- Stuck in a rut
- laziness
- too cautious
Yes or no
Yes
The Knight 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 knight in armour sits on a heavy black horse that stands still, holding a pentacle out in front of him. A ploughed field lies behind.
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 Knight of Pentacles is read as slow and sure. He is the only knight whose horse is standing still. The card points to reliability, routine and finishing what you start.
Knight of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, it is read as being stuck in a rut, dull routine, or too much caution.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Knight of Pentacles is usually read as a yes. 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 PentaclesFour of PentaclesFive of PentaclesSix of PentaclesSeven of PentaclesEight of PentaclesNine of PentaclesTen of PentaclesPage of PentaclesQueen of PentaclesKing of Pentacles
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