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Four of Pentacles tarot card, Rider–Waite–Smith (1909)
Four of Pentacles tarot card, Rider–Waite–Smith (1909)
Reversed position

Four of Pentacles

Pentacles, IV

Keywords

  • security
  • holding on
  • saving
  • control over what is yours

Upright meaning

Security, holding on, saving, control over what is yours.

Reversed meaning

Letting go, releasing a grip, generosity, or instability from clinging.

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

Image and symbolism

He clutches four coins and sits on the city wall.

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 Four is the number of stability: foundation, structure, pause, and sometimes holding on too tightly.

Other cards in this group: Ace of Pentacles, Two of Pentacles, Three of Pentacles, Five 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.

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