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3. Four of Pentacles

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Four of Pentacles

• the surety of possessions
• cleaving to that which one has

Upright meaning

Holding on: Waite gives the surety of possessions and cleaving to that which one has. Security, and a question of how tightly.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives suspense, delay and opposition. A prompt to loosen a grip that is slowing you.

• suspense
• delay
• opposition

Symbolism

A crowned figure clasps a pentacle, another on his crown and two under his feet.

Group

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Element, astrology

Not given by Waite, so we give none

Source

Our own plain-English summary of A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (London: Rider, 1911), Part III §2 (The Lesser Arcana). The keywords are Waite’s own words. Waite’s fortune-telling lists also contain harsher terms; we keep to the reflective readings he gives and never state an event as certain.

Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a prediction of fixed outcomes. This is not medical, legal or financial advice.