Guidance held with care, insight without haste

Queen of Pentacles tarot card

Tarot card meaning Queen of Pentacles

Seated in a bower of roses on a throne ornamented with fruit and goats' heads, a queen cradles a large pentacle in her lap and looks down at it tenderly. A rabbit crouches near her feet. She makes a home of the earth itself: practical care, generosity, comfort and good sense.

Uprightpractical care
Uprightgenerosity
Uprightcomfort
Uprightgood sense
Reversedself-neglect
Reversedinsecurity
Reverseda neglected home

Upright

Take care of what is real: the body, the home, the people, the purse. The Queen of Pentacles is practical love, and she asks you to be both generous and sensible. Make things comfortable. Manage your resources well. Look after yourself as well as others. There is warmth and capability close to you in this matter. Accept it, and offer the same.

Reversed

She has forgotten herself, or forgotten the home. The Queen of Pentacles reversed wears herself out tending everyone else, or she is so absorbed in work and money that the house goes cold. Insecurity and clutter follow. Put your own needs back on the list. Comfort begins with looking after yourself.

In love

A warm, nurturing love that expresses itself in practical ways: a home made welcoming, meals shared, a steady presence. For a couple it means security and tenderness. Without a partner, you draw someone by your warmth and your groundedness.

In work

You combine competence with care. You manage resources and people well, and create a pleasant place to work. Your judgement with money is sound. A helping or practical trade suits you, and so does work done from home.

Yes or no?

Yes. Look after the practical side with care, and this ends well.

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