Pentacles · tarot

Knight of Pentacles

The slowest knight and the one who arrives. Boring, thorough, completely trustworthy.

Fire of EarthUpright & reversedFree

Knight

Knight of PentaclesFire of Earth

SuitPentacles · Earth

RankKnight

Book T calls itFire of Earth

ElementEarth

What the card shows

An armoured knight sits still on a heavy black carthorse, holding out a pentacle, ploughed fields behind.

Upright

steadinessreliabilitythe long haul

The slowest knight and the one who arrives. Boring, thorough, completely trustworthy.

Reversed

stuckdulltoo slow

Grinding without moving, or caution mistaken for care.

In love

Someone dependable. Not thrilling; not going anywhere either.

In work

Do it methodically. Speed is not the constraint here.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so Knight of Pentacles being Fire of Earth describes the card and not your chart.

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More from the Pentacles

the rest of the group

Ace

Ace of Pentacles. A hand comes out of a cloud holding a large gold coin marked with a pentacle, over a walled garden of lilies and an arched gate.

Ace of Pentaclesthe root of EarthTwo

Two of Pentacles. A young man dances juggling two coins joined by a green lemniscate, two ships riding high waves behind him.

Two of PentaclesJupiter in Capricorn · Makara 1^st decanThree

Three of Pentacles. A stonemason stands on a bench in a cathedral while a monk and a hooded figure hold up the plans, three pentacles carved in the arch.

Three of PentaclesMars in Capricorn · Makara 2^nd decanFour

Four of Pentacles. A seated man clutches one coin to his chest, wears another as a crown, and stands on two more, a city behind him.

Four of PentaclesSun in Capricorn · Makara 3^rd decanFive

Five of Pentacles. Two beggars, one on crutches, trudge through snow past a lit stained-glass window with five pentacles in it.

Five of PentaclesMercury in Taurus · Vrishabha 1^st decanSix

Six of Pentacles. A merchant holds a level pair of scales and drops coins into the hands of two kneeling beggars.

Six of PentaclesMoon in Taurus · Vrishabha 2^nd decan