Tarot card meanings · Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Four of Pentacles

Stability, a pause to consolidate, a place to rest — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.

Four of Pentacles
Lunara deck · ◈

How Lunara reads it

Upright: Stability, a pause to consolidate, a place to rest — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.

Reversed: Stability turned into stuckness, or a rest refused — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.

Keywords: stability, groundwork · reversed: stagnation, groundwork

Correspondences

  • Element: Earth
  • Planet: Sun
  • Zodiac: Capricorn
  • Yes / no: maybe · reversed: maybe

When it appears upright

  • Saving for a rainy day
  • Fasting as part of a spiritual practice
  • Dieting in an effort to improve your body
  • Abstaining from sex as a way of honoring a spiritual tradition or personal promise
  • Being financially conservative
  • Establishing a trust fund
  • Opening a savings account

When it appears reversed

  • Being stingy
  • Refusing to spend money that needs to be spent
  • Withholding sex from your partner
  • Taking care of your own needs exclusively, without regard for the needs of others
  • Spending a dollar to save a penny
  • Failing to be a good manager of the blessings you've been given

Classic readings

  • A rainy day is coming—it's time to save

In love

Upright: possessiveness, fear of vulnerability, holding tightly to a relationship, emotional control. Reversed: letting go, loosening control, generosity, fear easing.

In work and money

Upright: protecting your position, financial caution, resistance to career change, controlling resources. Reversed: loosening control, financial release, generosity, letting go of security.

Inner life

Upright: attachment to security, blocked energy, fear of letting go, learning spiritual generosity. Reversed: loosening attachment, learning generosity, releasing control, fear of letting go easing.

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