Six of Pentacles tarot card meaning
Six of Pentacles is the card of generosity, giving and balance. Giving and receiving in balance. The Six of Pentacles reflects generosity, fairness and the flow of resources between people.
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Six of Pentacles upright
Giving and receiving in balance. The Six of Pentacles reflects generosity, fairness and the flow of resources between people.
Its three keys are generosity, giving and balance, and upright they work together. Think of a merchant in fine robes holding a set of balanced scales and giving coins to one of two kneeling figures: that is the mood Six of Pentacles brings into a reading. It describes what is in view now; what you do with it stays yours.
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Six of Pentacles reversed
Giving with strings, or receiving without dignity. Check the scales.
A reversed card is the same card turned around, so Six of Pentacles reversed keeps its keys but shows them under strain. Giving may be held back, or balance may be leaning too hard on everything else. Treat it as a question, not a verdict.
What the card shows
The plate shows a merchant in fine robes holding a set of balanced scales and giving coins to one of two kneeling figures, six coins in the air around them.
In the tradition this deck follows, the plate’s details are read this way: scales as fairness and weighing; and the coin as work, money and the material world. Together they are why Six of Pentacles is read for generosity, giving and balance.
Six of Pentacles in love
In love, Six of Pentacles brings generosity into the conversation. Upright, it can reflect a bond where giving has room to grow; reversed, it may show where balance has been held back or pushed too hard. Pentacles carry body, money and the material world, so Six of Pentacles reads love through daily care, shared resources and time given.
Six of Pentacles in work and money
For a question about work or money, Six of Pentacles brings generosity and giving to the table. It does not say what a decision should be; it shows where balance is helping and where it is in the way. Pentacles are the suit of money and the material world, so Six of Pentacles speaks most directly here, about income, craft and what you are building over time.
As a question to carry
Where is the balance of giving and receiving in your life?
Carry it through a day with Six of Pentacles in mind and notice where generosity turns up.
The suit of Pentacles
Six of Pentacles belongs to the suit of Pentacles, the suit of Earth, which tradition gives to body, money and the material world. As a six of the suit it is a card of harmony restored, of giving and receiving.
Read with its own keys, generosity, giving and balance, it shows earth at one particular point in the suit’s story. See all fourteen cards of Pentacles.
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Reading about Six of Pentacles is one thing; drawing it in answer to your own question is another. Members draw from the full deck in the Almanac tarot: the card of the day, three cards, or the ten-card Celtic Cross, each card read in its place.
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What does Six of Pentacles mean in tarot?
Six of Pentacles is read for generosity, giving and balance. Giving and receiving in balance. The Six of Pentacles reflects generosity, fairness and the flow of resources between people.
What does Six of Pentacles mean reversed?
Giving with strings, or receiving without dignity. Check the scales. Reversed, it keeps its theme of generosity, seen from the side where it is blocked or overdone.
What does Six of Pentacles mean in love?
In love, Six of Pentacles brings generosity into the conversation. Upright, it can reflect a bond where giving has room to grow; reversed, it may show where balance has been held back or pushed too hard.
