Pentacles · tarot

Six of Pentacles

Coins and a set of scales. Generosity that is measured — and a question about who holds the scales.

Moon in Taurus · Vrishabha 2^nd decanUpright & reversedFree

Six

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

SuitPentacles · Earth

RankSix

Book T calls itMaterial Success

ElementEarth

PlanetMoon · Chandra

SignTaurus · Vrishabha

Decan2 · 10°–20° Taurus

What the card shows

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

Upright

givingreceivingthe scales

Coins and a set of scales. Generosity that is measured — and a question about who holds the scales.

Reversed

strings attachedimbalancedebt

A gift with conditions, or always being the one who gives.

In love

One of you gives more. Name it rather than resenting it.

In work

Accept the help. Or fund the thing properly.

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 Six of Pentacles being Moon in Taurus 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 decanSeven

Seven of Pentacles. A young man leans on his hoe looking at seven pentacles growing on a leafy bush.

Seven of PentaclesSaturn in Taurus · Vrishabha 3^rd decan