Five of Pentacles
Minor Arcana · Suit of Pentacles
Upright
- hardship
- loss
- isolation
- worry
- recovery
- help arriving
- improvement
- finding shelter
In the picture
Two ragged figures, one on crutches, trudge barefoot through the snow past a lit church window showing five pentacles.
Upright meaning
The Five of Pentacles is a hard time: money trouble, illness, or feeling left out in the cold. The lit window is a reminder that help is often closer than it seems if you look for it.
Reversed meaning
Reversed, things begin to improve. Help arrives, a difficult period ends, or you find support you had overlooked.
About the suit of Pentacles
Pentacles (also called coins or disks) are the suit of earth: money, work, health, home and the practical side of life. Pentacles cards are about building things that last.
