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4 of Pentacles, Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor arcana · Pentacles

4 of Pentacles

The Four of Pentacles speaks of keeping, of safety won and of the reflex to hold what you own, even at the cost of closing your hands a little too tight.

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What the card shows

The Four of Pentacles shows a seated figure who clutches one pentacle against her, another on her head and two under her feet. The gaze travels round that body, which wraps the coins without showing them.

Its light

A reserve held with clear rules covers the lean month: the pentacle clutched tight lets an unexpected expense through, and you pay for the margin in attention rather than in closing.

Its shadow

The hand closes and the body guards: seated on your reserve, one pentacle under your feet, another against your chest, you stop moving while the town moves on.

Keywords

securitycontrolkeepingpossessionstability

Notes on the symbolism

RWS. Four of Pentacles. The pose repeats the medieval miser: the crown of coin and the support of the ground state possession, not wealth.

What this card invites you to do

Name what you keep, then look at what that keeping stops you doing this week, and say what the reserve serves.

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