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Six of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
The Six of Pentacles tarot card means generosity, giving and receiving and fairness. Giving and receiving.
Upright
- Generosity
- giving and receiving
- fairness
Reversed
- Strings attached
- debt
- one-sided giving
Yes or no
Yes
The Six 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 well-dressed merchant holds a set of scales in one hand and drops coins into the hands of one of two kneeling beggars with the other.
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 Six of Pentacles is read as generosity. Money, help or time is given and received. It asks which side you are on right now, and whether the giving is fair.
Six of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, it is read as a gift with strings, debts, or giving that only goes one way.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Six 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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