Six of Pentacles
A merchant with scales gives coins to two kneeling figures.
- Element · earth
- Number · VI
- Suit · Pentacles
- generosity
- giving
- receiving
- fair exchange
- debt
- imbalance in giving/receiving
- strings attached
Upright
The card facing you the right way up.
A merchant holds scales and gives coins to two kneeling figures. The Six of Pentacles is the card of generosity, fair exchange, the flow of resources between abundance and need. Sometimes you give. Sometimes you receive.
Balanced giving in a relationship.
A mentor helping you, or you mentoring.
Charity. Lending. Borrowing with integrity.
Reversed
The card facing you upside down.
Reversed, the exchange is unfair. Or the generosity has strings.
Imbalanced giving.
Help with strings attached.
Debt that's not really being repaid.
The advice in one line
"Give and receive equally."
The symbolism
The scales in the merchant's hand are fairness. The two kneeling figures receive what they need. The card is about the cycle, not the hierarchy.
Asked Often
- What does the Six of Pentacles card mean?
- A merchant with scales gives coins to two kneeling figures. A merchant holds scales and gives coins to two kneeling figures. The Six of Pentacles is the card of generosity, fair exchange, the flow of resources between abundance and need. Sometimes you give. Sometimes you receive.
- What does Six of Pentacles reversed mean?
- Reversed, the exchange is unfair. Or the generosity has strings.
- Is the Six of Pentacles a yes or no card?
- Upright, the Six 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 Six of Pentacles mean for love?
- Balanced giving in a relationship.
- What does Six of Pentacles mean for career?
- A mentor helping you, or you mentoring.
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