Card 76 • pentacles

Queen of Pentacles

Brief Description

The Queen of Pentacles represents Water of Earth - underground water and hidden wealth. She embodies the active, practical housewife who holds all the keys and knows exactly what she wants. Unlike traditional roles, she is the one who works actively to gather the harvest while being shrewd and resourceful. This card signifies the process of maximizing material results through feminine achievement, showing that you can obtain everything you desire through dedicated effort.

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Elemental Nature and Symbolism

Water of Earth – underground water – hidden wealth. Traditionally, she is associated with the image of a housewife who holds all the keys and locks to the treasure chests, but here the meaning shifts somewhat.

Role Reversal with the King

In the pair Queen of Pentacles – King of Pentacles, roles and functions change. If we take Mesoamerican traditions – women work while men collect money. And here we see the same thing. The King is not a laborer; there's a little lock on his chest. But the Queen climbs the tree, gathering the harvest.

Active and Resourceful Nature

She knows exactly what she wants, but the fruits don't just hang there waiting – clearly she's also greedy, having spotted one little apple hanging somewhere up there. She is active, industrious, and somewhat greedy. This represents a process in which we want to achieve maximum material results through feminine achievement mode.

Completion and Initiative

She doesn't wait or sow, but gathers what the knight didn't collect behind him, to finish his work and dot all the i's. She shows that you can get everything you want, but you need to work for it.

Visual Description

A skeletal woman dressed in a long green patterned gown and a wide-brimmed hat climbs a wooden ladder that reaches up into leafy branches. Her bony hands and face are clearly visible, and her feet are entangled among thick green vines at the base. A small pouch rests at her waist and a cane leans against her skirt. The background is a warm yellow patterned with floral and faint skull motifs, and the card title 'QUEEN of PENTACLES' appears at the bottom.

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