About these meanings: the traditional descriptions and meanings on this public reference page are taken from material associated with the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck. Some of the language is historical, severe, or old-fashioned. Slogit Tarot modernises this terminology and greatly expands the meanings, examples and interpretations inside the Arcana Nexus learning course.

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Six of Pentacles

Card Code P6

Suit Pentacles

Rank Six

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Description & Symbolism

Six of Pentacles

A person in the guise of a merchant weighs money in a pair of scales and distributes it to the needy and distressed. It is a testimony to his own success in life, as well as to his goodness of heart.

Divinatory Meaning

Upright

Presents, gifts, gratification another account says attention, vigilance now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.

The present must not be relied on.

Reversed Meaning

Reversed

Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.

A check on the Querent's ambition.