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Two of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning
The Two of Pentacles tarot card means balance, adaptability and juggling. Juggling priorities.
Upright
- Balance
- adaptability
- juggling
Reversed
- Overwhelm
- disorganisation
- dropping the ball
Yes or no
Maybe
The Two 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 young man in a tall hat dances while juggling two pentacles joined by a loop shaped like a figure eight. Behind him two ships ride high, rolling waves.
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 Two of Pentacles is read as juggling: money, time, two jobs, work and home. He is managing it, and even enjoying it. The card points to staying flexible.
Two of Pentacles reversed
Reversed, it is read as taking on too much, losing track, or something about to be dropped.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Two 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 PentaclesThree 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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