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Six of Pentacles: tarot card meaning
Keywords: Harmony and generosity · earth. Flow returns to home, work, money and the body. Give, receive and remember sweeter days.
Upright meaning
Flow returns to home, work, money and the body. Give, receive and remember sweeter days.
Reversed meaning
Stuck in the past, or giving with strings attached, in home, work, money and the body.
The suit and the number
Pentacles (also called coins or discs) are the suit of earth: the material world, work, money, health routines and home. Its element is earth, and the earth signs of the zodiac are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.
Sixes restore harmony after the struggle of the Five. So the Six of Pentacles is harmony and generosity applied to work, money, home, the body and practical life.
Questions to reflect on
- Where in my life does "harmony and generosity" feel true right now?
- What would the upright meaning ask me to do this week?
- If the card felt reversed, what is blocking or delaying it?
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Six of Pentacles: questions
What does Six of Pentacles mean upright?
Flow returns to home, work, money and the body. Give, receive and remember sweeter days.
What does Six of Pentacles mean reversed?
Stuck in the past, or giving with strings attached, in home, work, money and the body.
Is Six of Pentacles a yes or no card?
Tarot isn't a yes/no oracle, but readers who use it that way usually read Six of Pentacles upright as a gentle yes and reversed as 'wait'. Treat it as a prompt for reflection.
What element is Six of Pentacles?
Six of Pentacles belongs to the suit of Pentacles, linked with earth and with work, money, home, the body and practical life. In astrology the earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.