Five of Pentacles

Pentacles, V

Keywords

• hardship
• exclusion
• lack
• being out in the cold

Upright meaning

Hardship, exclusion, lack, being out in the cold.

Reversed meaning

Recovery, help arriving, hardship ending, coming back inside.

A reversed card isn't simply a bad sign: usually its energy is blocked, turned inward, delayed or excessive.

Image and symbolism

Two figures pass a lit church window in the snow.

Element and place in the deck

Pentacles belong to earth. They speak of work, money, the body, home and everything tangible. Pentacles show how ideas turn into real results.

The Five brings disruption and friction: stability breaks so that movement and a lesson can appear.

Other cards in this group: Ace of Pentacles, Two of Pentacles, Three of Pentacles, Four of Pentacles, Six of Pentacles, Seven of Pentacles, Eight of Pentacles, Nine of Pentacles, Ten of Pentacles, Page of Pentacles, Knight of Pentacles, Queen of Pentacles, King of Pentacles.