Five of Pentacles
The Five of Pentacles portrays exposure and hardship—material strain, illness, or exclusion—symbolized by a lone woman braving a fierce wind while pentacles on red ribbons toss in the gale. Upright it signals poverty, vulnerability, and the ache of feeling shut out from warmth and support even when aid may be nearby. The red-ribboned pentacles and the suggestion of a sacred tree imply that help and community exist if one can set aside pride and ask or seek shelter. Reversed it indicates recovery: returning resources, improving health, and a hand reaching back, requiring humility, practical planning, and willingness to accept assistance to shift from scarcity to stewardship.
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Visual Description
A young woman in embroidered folk dress bends against a fierce wind in a field of tall wheat. Her kerchief and hair stream as she shields her head with both arms. Five golden pentacles hang from a gnarled tree branch on bright red ribbons, tossing in the gale. Leaves and strands of ribbon whip across a dark, stormy sky while the grasses bow low.
Meaning
A cutting wind howls like Stribog's breath, and the heroine presses on, a figure from old village tales enduring the lean season; this is the ache and exposure of the Five of Pentacles. Upright, it speaks of material strain, illness, or feeling shut out from warmth, as if the hearth is near but the door is closed. The pentacles tied with red ribbons recall offerings on a sacred tree, hinting that help exists if one dares to ask, signal, or seek shelter. Pride or shame can keep you in the storm, yet a lantern of community and faith flickers just beyond the gusts. Reversed, the wind begins to ease: resources return, health mends, and a hand reaches back to guide you toward the threshold. Recovery asks for humility, practical plans, and the courage to accept assistance, shifting from scarcity to stewardship. Whether upright or reversed, the card urges you to name the cold honestly, then follow the ribbons toward sanctuary and renewal.
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