Seven of Pentacles

Pentacles, VII

Keywords

• patience
• assessing an investment
• the pause before harvest

Upright meaning

Patience, assessing an investment, the pause before harvest.

Reversed meaning

Impatience, doubting the effort, poor return, giving up too early.

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

Image and symbolism

He leans on the hoe and looks at what has grown so far.

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 Seven is the number of testing and assessment: strategy, doubt, standing your ground.

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