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Nine of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
The Nine of Pentacles tarot card means independence, comfort and earned luxury. Comfort you have earned.
Upright
- Independence
- comfort
- earned luxury
Reversed
- Overspending
- depending on others
- working too hard to enjoy it
Yes or no
Yes
The Nine 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 woman in a flowered robe stands in a vineyard heavy with grapes, with a hooded falcon on her gloved hand. Nine pentacles sit among the vines.
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 Nine of Pentacles is read as enjoying what you built yourself. It points to independence, financial comfort and the pleasure of your own company.
Nine of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, it is read as living beyond your means, relying on someone else's money, or never stopping to enjoy it.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Nine 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 PentaclesTen of PentaclesPage of PentaclesKnight of PentaclesQueen of PentaclesKing of Pentacles
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