King of Pentacles
A king on a throne carved with bulls, surrounded by vines.
- Element · earth
- Number · King
- Suit · Pentacles
- wealth
- success
- leadership
- abundance shared
- greed
- materialism
- financial failure
Upright
The card facing you the right way up.
A king in robes sits on a throne with bulls' heads, surrounded by vines and a pentacle in his lap. The King of Pentacles is mature material success · the self-made entrepreneur, the patriarch, the one who built it and shares it well.
A grounded, established partner. Often older.
Senior leadership. Empire-building done well.
Real wealth. Built, not inherited.
Reversed
The card facing you upside down.
Reversed, the wealth has corrupted into greed. Or the success has come at the cost of relationships.
A partner who values money over connection.
A leader who's lost the plot.
Wealth without joy.
The advice in one line
"Build. Share. Repeat."
The symbolism
The bulls on the throne · Taurus, earthy reliability. The vines · the harvest. The robe of golden grapes · earned abundance.
Asked Often
- What does the King of Pentacles card mean?
- A king on a throne carved with bulls, surrounded by vines. A king in robes sits on a throne with bulls' heads, surrounded by vines and a pentacle in his lap. The King of Pentacles is mature material success · the self-made entrepreneur, the patriarch, the one who built it and shares it well.
- What does King of Pentacles reversed mean?
- Reversed, the wealth has corrupted into greed. Or the success has come at the cost of relationships.
- Is the King of Pentacles a yes or no card?
- Upright, the King of Pentacles leans maybe. Reversed, it leans no. That said, a single card rarely answers a yes/no cleanly · the wiser move is to read it for direction, not verdict.
- What does King of Pentacles mean for love?
- A grounded, established partner. Often older.
- What does King of Pentacles mean for career?
- Senior leadership. Empire-building done well.
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