Five of Pentacles
Affirmation
I have faith that what I need will appear.
Symbolic Attributes
- Element:
- Arcana:Minor Arcana
- Suit:Pentacles
- Archetype:
- Numerology:5 (The Catalyst: instability, resistance, confrontation)
- Hebrew Alphabet:
Keywords
Description
Two mendicants in a snow-storm pass a lighted casement.
Light Meaning
- Recognizing your needs and taking action to fulfill them
- Doing as much as you can do with what little you have
- Admitting you need help
- Embracing the aid that comes your way
- Focusing on what you have versus what you don't
- Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel
Shadow Meaning
- Exaggerating your financial or physical needs
- Adopting a poverty mentality
- Refusing to support yourself
- Refusing offers of support
- Playing the martyr
- Turning down opportunities to improve your health or finances
- Wallowing in misery
Questions to Ask Yourself
- •What critical resources do I lack?
- •What people or groups would come to my aid if I asked?
- •How might an impoverished spirit be impacting my physical or financial condition?
Personal Meaning
Hardship either on a material level, health issues, or resulting from feelings of loneliness and ostracism. Tighten your belt and do without for a while. Pay attention to the signals your body is sending you and take care of yourself so that illness will not get the better of you. Be sure to communicate your needs to others so that they will have the opportunity to help you if they can.
Hardship either on a material level, health issues, or resulting from feelings of loneliness and ostracism.
Hardship either on a material level, health issues, or resulting from feelings of loneliness and ostracism. Tighten your belt and do without for a while. Pay attention to the signals your body is sending you and take care of yourself so that illness will not get the better of you. Be sure to communicate your needs to others so that they will have the opportunity to help you if they can.
Personal Reversed Meaning
Dire straights. Failing to take care of your most basic needs. Ill health. Alternatively, failing to share your wealth with those less fortunate.
Dire straights. Failing to take care of your most basic needs. Ill health. Alternatively, failing to share your wealth with those less fortunate.
Dire straights. Failing to take care of your most basic needs. Ill health. Alternatively, failing to share your wealth with those less fortunate.
Fortune Telling
- •Finances are getting tighter
- •Prepare for a setback