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Three of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
The Three of Pentacles tarot card means teamwork, skill and building together. Teamwork and skilled work.
Upright
- Teamwork
- skill
- building together
Reversed
- Poor teamwork
- sloppy work
- working alone
Yes or no
Yes
The Three 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 stonemason stands on a bench at work inside a church. A monk and a second figure holding the plans stand beside him, talking the work over.
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 Three of Pentacles is read as good work done with others. Each person brings a skill and the result is better for it. It points to collaboration, learning and craftsmanship being noticed.
Three of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, it is read as a team not pulling together, or work that falls short.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Three 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 PentaclesFour 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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