Six · Pentacles · Earth · Moon in Taurus
Six of Pentacles
A giving and receiving kept in balance.
generosity · giving and receiving · charity · balance · sharing
Upright
Coins measured out with fairness. The Six of Pentacles is generosity and the balance of giving and receiving, support offered or gratefully accepted.
Reversed — a ledger of giving that no longer balances
Strings-attached giving, debt, or power imbalance. Generosity becomes control, or the scales of give-and-take are unfair.
Why this card
Pentacles reads money, work, the body, and the solid material world. As a Six, it marks recovery and exchange — the turn after the five, movement back toward balance.
Earth is the element of the tangible — money, health, labor, and everything you can actually hold and build.
Moon (instinct and feeling) in Taurus (steady endurance).
In the plate
- merchant with a scale
- coins given to two beggars
- balanced scales
- six pentacles
- fine robes versus rags
To sit with
Where could you give, or graciously receive, support?
Where does giving come with unspoken strings?
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