Card 71 • pentacles

Eight of Pentacles

Brief Description

The Eight of Pentacles signifies a deep love for one's job with long-term goals including retirement benefits. It emphasizes the joy of using one's skills and talents at work, showing a dedication to detail and the ability to make careful decisions. This card suggests that hard work and craftsmanship can lead to commercial profit and rewards. It also highlights the importance of individual skills and the desire for a fulfilling career and comfortable retirement.

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Career and Retirement

This card shows that a person loves their job and in the long-term aspires to retire with all due social guarantees. The use of skills and talents in work provides enjoyment, making daily labor engaging and reliable.

It can refer to crafts but is not limited to them, as the card may depict any kind of activity that shows an intention to reap the rewards of a long career. Diligently engaging in education or internships, the person plans to productively apply their skills in their work.

Skills and Confidence

Years of hard work provide confidence and pride in one’s job, fostering constant attention to detail along with the ability to make careful work decisions. A calling has commercial value, enabling one to profit from their knowledge and skills.

An increase in salary or a bonus can be expected, which can be inferred from the surrounding cards in the spread. Overall, the card shows a desire to work hard to earn a respectable reward for years of service.

Commercial Potential

The card may indicate the creation of local craft production (with subsequent sales at fairs and markets), the creation of catalog goods or mass sales, or the development of parts for production. Personal skills are used for commercial profit, keeping in mind the desire to ensure a comfortable old age.

Symbolism

At the door grows lilac for business, security, creativity, and focus. On the doorstep is a dove—symbolizing safety, home, and luck.

Upright Meaning

Enjoyment of work, career with retirement and social package, promotion, reward for competence, fulfilling work, application of skills and talents for commercial benefit, valuing individuality, long-term hobby or skill.

Reversed Meaning

Shortsightedness in work, minimal reward, futile efforts, small investments, job dissatisfaction.

Keywords

Commercial skills, enjoyment of work.

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