Card meanings
The seventy-eight cards
Every card gets its own page: the traditional meaning, the reversal, how it reads in love, work and money, the symbolism in the 1909 illustration, and the misreading it most often attracts.
A woman stands alone in her own vineyard with a hooded bird on her wrist. The Nine of P...
Pentacles
Nine of Pentacles
self-sufficiency, security, independence, discipline, earned comfort
Wealth that has outlived the person who made it. The Ten of Pentacles is the card of st...
Pentacles
Ten of Pentacles
legacy, inheritance, family wealth, long-term security, establishment
The student card. A person absorbed in something they do not yet understand, holding it...
Pentacles
Page of Pentacles
study, apprenticeship, new venture, diligence, curiosity
The slowest card in the deck. A knight on a horse that is not moving, holding out a sin...
Pentacles
Knight of Pentacles
persistence, routine, reliability, patience, hard work
Practical care with a ledger behind it. The Queen of Pentacles makes a place where thin...
Pentacles
Queen of Pentacles
practical care, resourcefulness, abundance, competence, generosity
A man in a robe covered with grapes, holding a coin he no longer bothers to look at. Th...
Pentacles
King of Pentacles
stewardship, material authority, business sense, reliability, provision