1. Tarot
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3. Two of Pentacles

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Two of Pentacles

• gaiety
• recreation
• news and messages in writing

Upright meaning

Juggling with a light step: Waite gives gaiety and recreation, and also news and messages in writing.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives enforced gaiety and letters: keeping up appearances while busy.

• enforced gaiety
• handwriting
• letters

Symbolism

A young man dances with a pentacle in each hand, joined by an endless figure-eight cord; ships ride the waves behind.

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.