Four of Pentacles
The Four of Shields depicts a lone Viking guarding a box while a burning longship and clan shields signal attachment, defense, and a dramatic severing of the past. Upright, the card warns against holding on to the past, hoarding resources, entering power struggles, or taking a defensive position to protect rights or status. Reversed, it advises releasing control, trying new approaches, loosening the grip, and allowing stagnant potential to move again through generosity and flexibility. The glowing rune and the burned drakkar point to grief and loss as the emotional catalyst for defensive behavior, inviting integration rather than rigid resistance.
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Description
A Viking stands on a rocky shore facing a longship. Their hair is braided. They wear traveling leathers and metal pauldrons. They hold what appears to be a box in their hands. It is night. The drakkar has been set ablaze in the water. Someone has put four clan shields on the side of the boat. Many swords and spears appear in the ship. The fire burns everything, including the mast. A single Rune glows on the Viking's back.
Upright
hold on to the past, hoard resources, power struggles, taking on a new position, defending your rights.
Reversed
give freely, stagnant potential, try a new approach, be flexible, loosen the grip.
Bind Rune
grief for your loss.
Visual Description
A lone armored figure stands on a rocky shoreline with their back to the viewer, looking toward a burning longship whose sail and hull are engulfed in fierce flames. Round shields bearing runic designs line the side of the vessel, and a circular coin marked with the numeral 4 floats at the top of the scene. The water at the person's feet reflects the orange firelight, and the air seems thick with heat and ash. The figure holds an object close to their chest, framed against the blaze and the dark silhouette of the ship.
Runic tarot
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