1. Tarot
2. Card meanings
3. Queen of Pentacles

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Queen of Pentacles

• generosity
• magnificence
• security
• liberty
• greatness of soul

Upright meaning

Generosity and security: Waite gives greatness of soul with a serious intelligence. Care that is grounded.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives suspense and mistrust. A prompt to rebuild trust in small steps.

• mistrust
• suspense

Symbolism

A queen in a garden contemplates the pentacle in her lap.

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.