Four of Pentacles
The Four of Pentacles represents the importance of protecting your own resources and well-being before being able to help others. It highlights the tension between possessions and self-care, illustrating that holding onto material items tightly can stem from fear and anxiety. Conversely, when inverted, it indicates selfishness, hoarding, and a resistance to change. It suggests a struggle with loss and fear that can manifest in unhealthy attachments to belongings.
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General Meaning
This is about protecting what is yours. The guy is sitting with two pentacles at his feet, is holding another (really tightly!), and has a fourth above his head. He looks really grumpy, but I don’t think that this is an inherently bad card. A lot of people in this world equate possession with selfishness. It’s more about taking care of yourself before you take care of other people. If you give away all of your food and starve, what good was that? If you give your friends all your money and your electricity gets turned off, how are you doing good in this world? You have to be sure that you are cared for before you can adequately care for others. I saw this a lot when I was a social worker. The caretakers would wear themselves out completely while making sure their patient was okay. Then they would wind up in the hospital with exhaustion or a heart attack because they weren’t showing themselves the same respect they showed their client. It’s a bad idea. There are a lot of rocks in the fields and distance between our fella and the town. I get the feeling that the distance is deliberate and that the rocks are representing difficulties that he still has to go through to find peace of mind. He’s being so protective of his stuff, and stuff is so tightly tied to emotion. The most important thing that you can ask yourself about your stuff is 'Does it serve me?' If not, it’s time to find it a new home. If so, then hold tight to it. Don’t give it up without a fight.
Inverted Meaning
Selfish, self-involved, and resistant to change. There is fear here. Fear of loss, of being alone in spite of being in a bad relationship, of not having enough. Hoarding is represented here, as are greed, anxiety, and fear. This is a kind of resting that is more similar to squatting like a toad. Don’t touch my stuff. Don’t look at it or breathe on it hard, because it’s mine.
Subjectivity
It can also mean that you’ve just lost all of your stuff. Sometimes cards are really subjective depending on the reading, so you have to pay attention.
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