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3. Nine of Pentacles

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Nine of Pentacles

• prudence
• safety
• success
• accomplishment
• discernment

Upright meaning

Prudence and accomplishment: Waite lists safety, success, certitude and discernment. Enjoying what has been patiently earned.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives a voided project. A prompt to check a plan's foundations.

• voided project

Symbolism

A woman with a bird on her wrist stands among abundant grapevines in a manor garden.

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.