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

Ace of Pentacles

The Ace of Pentacles sets a coin above a garden. The hand that holds it comes from a cloud, and the path passes under an open arch.

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What the card shows

A hand comes out of a cloud and holds up a large pentacle above a flowering garden. An arch opens onto a path, and flowers crowd the foreground under the coin.

Its light

What you begin small, with steady attention, becomes a solid base: one concrete step is worth more than a large project kept waiting.

Its shadow

The opportunity stays in your hand without being set down: you wait to be sure, and what could grow dries between your fingers for lack of a simple gesture.

Keywords

opportunitymatterresourcesworkbeginning

Notes on the symbolism

RWS. Ace of Pentacles. Waite makes it the busiest of the numbered cards in drawing, and the background leaves a passable way through.

What this card invites you to do

Choose one concrete possibility you can begin right now, and give it a real place in the week that stands ahead.

A card does not decide for you.
It shows you where to look.

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