Tarot card meanings · Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Five of Pentacles

Friction, loss or a test that shows what matters — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.

Five of Pentacles
Lunara deck · ◈

How Lunara reads it

Upright: Friction, loss or a test that shows what matters — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.

Reversed: The friction easing, or a lesson you can stop repeating — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.

Keywords: challenge, groundwork · reversed: recovery, groundwork

Correspondences

  • Element: Earth
  • Planet: Mercury
  • Zodiac: Taurus
  • Yes / no: no · reversed: yes

When it appears upright

  • Recognizing your needs and taking action to fulfill them
  • Doing as much as you can do with what little you have
  • Admitting you need help
  • Embracing the aid that comes your way
  • Focusing on what you have versus what you don't
  • Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel

When it appears reversed

  • Exaggerating your financial or physical needs
  • Adopting a poverty mentality
  • Refusing to support yourself
  • Refusing offers of support
  • Playing the martyr
  • Turning down opportunities to improve your health or finances
  • Wallowing in misery

Classic readings

  • Finances are getting tighter
  • Prepare for a setback

In love

Upright: feeling rejected, loneliness in love, relationship hardship, supporting each other through difficulty. Reversed: recovery, support accepted, hardship ending, renewed hope.

In work and money

Upright: unemployment or financial strain, workplace exclusion, difficult career period, seeking support. Reversed: recovery, help accepted, hardship ending, financial improvement.

Inner life

Upright: spiritual isolation, crisis of faith, seeking support, finding meaning during hardship. Reversed: recovery, help accepted, finding shelter, renewed faith after hardship.

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