Five of Pentacles
The Five of Pentacles represents material hardship, loss, and physical or financial strain often resulting from past mistakes or depleted resources. It highlights the need to reframe priorities toward spiritual or inner strength when external support is lacking. The card advises maintaining calm, taking responsibility for one’s situation, and actively seeking practical ways to recover. Reversed, it suggests learning from the experience, making efforts to overcome difficulties, and the arrival of hope or opportunity that can end the suffering.
Keywords
Upright
Difficult times full of hardships, deprivation, misfortune. Loss of property, income, wealth. Failing health, injury. Painful changes in life. Priority of spiritual over the material world is necessary. Consequences of your wrong steps in the past. Waste of or deficient resources.
Card's Advice
It doesn't matter how difficult the situation is, try not to focus on your losses. Stay calm and keep looking for ways to get back on your feet.
The Warning
Until you realize your own responsibility for what's happening, the unlucky streak will continue.
Reverse
Trying to get out of a hopeless situation. Accepting life's lessons. Understanding the real reasons, especially the role you had in it. An effort to overcome difficulties, even if seemingly impossible. An opportunity brings hope for the end of suffering.
Quick Answer
No, it's about the losses.
Visual Description
Two raggedly dressed figures trudge through falling snow beneath a large circular stained-glass window containing five pentacle coins arranged around a central rose. The figure on the left wears torn blue clothing, a hat, and leans on a staff while gesturing with an open hand; the figure on the right is cloaked in red, partially hooded, and holds a round object against their chest. Snow dots the scene and the ground is dusted white; a ribbon at the bottom bears Cyrillic text naming the card.
Old Style tarot
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