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

King of Pentacles

The King of Pentacles embodies mastery of resources, stability and the art of building something that lasts over time.

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What the card shows

The King of Pentacles occupies a throne covered with vines and bulls’ heads, one leg forward, his hand resting on a pentacle. The gaze follows the patterns rising up the seat to the top.

Its light

Resources held with method open doors: you fund a build, honour a promise, and come through a bad season without selling what matters.

Its shadow

The throne covers itself with vines and your hand signs off every expense: others give up suggesting, and the load stays on one pair of shoulders.

Keywords

prosperitymasterystabilitymanagementbuilding

Notes on the symbolism

RWS. King of Pentacles. The beasts and the grape clusters on the base state a fortune drawn from the soil: stock and vine, the two goods that count.

What this card invites you to do

Look at three lines of your spending, ask yourself what they build, and cut what no longer builds anything.

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