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

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Three of Pentacles

• métier
• trade
• skilled labour
• renown

Upright meaning

Skilled labour and renown: Waite says the apprentice has received his reward and works in earnest. Craft recognised.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives mediocrity and pettiness. A prompt to recommit to quality.

• mediocrity
• pettiness

Symbolism

A sculptor at work in a monastery, showing his work to two others.

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.