The Suit Of Pentacles
- Kamal Deep Bhogal
- Mar 18, 2021
- 4 min read
Updated: Feb 15
The Minor Arcana represents everyday life. The Suit of Pentacles in the Minor Arcana corresponds to the element of Earth. The cardinal direction that they represent is North, and the season is Winter. It is thought that the Pentacles referred to merchants. The Suit of Pentacles is also known as the Suit of Coins or the Suit of Discs. The Pentacles are a feminine, passive, yin element. They correspond to the diamonds in modern playing cards.
The suit of Pentacles concerns money, skill, finances, and basic sustenance. It also encompasses health, creativity and tenacity. We are spiritual beings having a physical experience. We incarnate at the physical level because we have yet to learn lessons that can be mastered only through a physical form. The Suit of Pentacles is often maligned because people tend to view it through the negative qualities it embodies, such as materialism, avarice, and selfishness.
It is noteworthy that one can only find a spiritual path through having lived a physical existence, and we see the mountain peaks of Kether (the first sephirah on the Tree of Life) only on the Ace of Pentacles. The element of Earth is the one in which all other elements solidify. The fire we carry can be shown only once it is created and manifested as something tangible; the same holds for our thoughts and emotions. Whilst our passions, thoughts, and emotions are intangible, they manifest through a tangible medium: the combination of the above with the element of Earth. It is also worth noting that the magical symbol of Kabbalah, the Tree of Life, appears only on the Ten of Pentacles. Gautama Buddha, who was known as Siddhartha before his enlightenment, was a prince of the Sakya Clan. When he was young, an ascetic told his father that Siddhartha would either be a King and indulge himself or be an ascetic and be very spiritual. The King understandably did not want his successor to be too spiritual and removed all traces of suffering from his castle. Having lived a life of indulgence, Siddhartha still left things behind to find knowledge. It is only through living a physical life that we can rise above the mundane and find our spiritual light.
We can find our own inner light through our work. The Three of Pentacles and the Eight of Pentacles show workmen so busy in their craft that the work itself is raised to the level of the divine and begs perfection. The fact that it earns its sustenance by the means by which we survive, then, is just a bonus, albeit an essential one.
In the Two of Pentacles, we see a juggler trying to balance the spiritual with the physical. In the Four, we see him working on his boundaries and discipline, or, in a negative sense, being chained to his material possessions in a manner that renders him a slave to them. The Five of Pentacles is about the have’s and have-not’s, and in the modern-day, about perceived poverty of both tangible and intangible objects, and the Six of Pentacles is all about restoring the balance. The Six of Pentacles could be that help has been extended to you or that you become the source for another person. The Seven of Pentacles is about the patience that we need to hone our skills. It concerns mindfulness and being present in the moment. The Eight is about finding divinity and honouring it through our work. The Nine, then, is about the self-worth we have when we work through things. The Ten of Pentacles concerns the legacy we create and leave for the World and our children.
The Pentacle people fall under the sign of Capricorn, Taurus, and Virgo. These are the steadfast workhorses of the zodiac that go through the most boring, mundane and un-heroic of tasks with dedication and devotion. They are the builders who create the structures that last. The Page is the student, the Knight is the one who lays the groundwork, and the Queen can create abundance wherever she goes with whatever she has. The King makes his empire by realising and making alternatives and adjustments for the follies of the men under his charge. On the negative side, however, the Pentacles pertain to laziness, overindulgence, materialism, and selfishness. Too many Pentacles in a tarot reading means that the earthly affairs, affairs of finances, skill development, education, sustenance and day-to-day survival are of priority.
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