King of Pentacles
The King of Pentacles represents abundance, material success, and Nature's strength and bounty, embodying practicality, protection, and established rule. He signifies a reliable provider, financial security, good health, and trustworthy, long-term prosperity rooted in experience and common sense. Reversed, the card warns of greed, corruption, mismanagement, or doubts about one’s ability to provide, along with potential failures in business or unstable finances. As guidance, it encourages responsible stewardship of resources, practical decision-making, and offering or accepting stable support when needed.
Keywords
Description
Abundance; wealth; Nature's strength and bounty; growth; prosperity; established rule; practicality; protection and safety; success in business and the home; profitability; having a good sense for business; the lavishness and lushness of Nature; truthfulness; one whose animal instincts and lust for life run deep; a powerful person who can act as protector of Nature or loved ones; an older person with a dark, stable, and solid demeanor; a successful, respected individual; a provider or the idea of being provided for; the providing father; stubbornness; a person who offers protection or financial help; safety; stability; a good harvest; good health; established success that can be trusted to provide a means of support.
Reversed
A dishonest or corrupt individual plagued by greed or otherwise obsessed with material concerns; feelings of shame, doubt, or worry associated with not feeling like one is making enough money or that expectations for success are not being met; failure in a business matter; one's ability to provide or act responsibly is in question; dishonesty; a need to be more responsible in taking care of home and family; one whom the card represents opposes the querent or is in need of help; refusing an offer for material aid; uncertain finances; miscalculations.
Magickal Uses
Useful in spellwork intended to promote growth, good harvests, wealth, fertility, employment, maturity, or abundance. It can be used to represent Dionysus, Greek god of wine and animal instinct, and it can likewise be associated with the spirit of the harvest, a personification of Nature's bounty. It can also be used in magick to represent a person who can help you, or to signify a needed or desirable resource such as food or money. It's good for use in protection spells as well, especially when the magick is focused on the safety of animals, crops, or family.
Visual Description
A bearded, crowned man sits on a stone throne holding a large pentacle on his lap while wearing a green cloak. Two attendants stand behind him: one horned figure playing a flute to the left and a youth offering grapes and a pine-cone-like scepter to the right. A large open sack spills gold coins at his feet and a small rodent nibbles near the pile. The scene is set outdoors with leafy trees and dappled light framing the figures.
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