In this chapter of the tarot course we will see, The Queen of Pentacles and its meanings. What does the Queen of Pentacles mean in the Tarot? What does the Queen of Pentacles card mean in love, work, money or health? What is its spiritual meaning and what does it reveal to us? What does the Queen of Pentacles card mean upside down or reversed?
The Queen of Pentacles in the Tarot
The Queen of Pentacles shows a woman seated on a throne adorned with elements that symbolize both material achievements and the world of pleasure and sensuality.
Graphic description of the card
- The Queen of Pentacles depicts a solitary woman, who sits upon a throne adorned with carvings of fruit trees, goats, angels and other symbols of material success and sensual pleasure
- The tree above her and the ground beneath her feet are rich with lush flowers and plants of all kinds and she holds in her hand a single gold coin, representing her material wealth.
- In the lower right corner of the card is a rabbit, symbol of reproduction and fertility, hopping out from behind some bushes.
- The rabbit also jumps into our consciousness, symbolizing that it is a good time to look before you leap and exercise good judgment, as the Queen of Pentacles does.
What does the Queen of Pentacles mean in the Tarot?
The Queen of Pentacles in right hand position. General meaning: When she comes out in her natural position the first thing she comes to represent is her maternal side. She is in a way like the mother earth who gives everything.
As a court figure in the reading, The Queen of Pentacles can make direct reference to you as well as to another person in your environment.
This card indicates that you are someone who expresses this energy in a practical way and you have great passion in demonstrating your love for others, especially by lavishing it on tangible and material things such as home care, cooking, cleaning, maintaining a home that is warm for everyone and trying to maintain it in a dignified manner with your financial income.
You may have a partner and share expenses, outgoings and income, but you are self-sufficient. You are grateful for help, but you could perfectly well fend for yourself without help from anyone.
You can certainly work from sun up to sun down, take care of your children, fix the house and still dedicate some time to keep looking for new opportunities in the evening in the newspaper! For if there’s one thing you have plenty of, it’s energy and dedication.
You are someone who always has a financial remainder, a small portion saved that no one knows about and you like to manage that account for yourself, no matter if it is a lot or a little, because you need to feel the tranquility of knowing that you have some material peace of mind, not so much for your own sustenance as for others.
The card can also refer to an important mother figure in your life, very present, close, who supports you materially, perhaps, but who enriches you with love, with real interest in helping you to achieve things, and undoubtedly is an influence and a positive presence that adds to your life.
Something very important that this card points out to us is that it is essential for you to be independent. This does not mean living alone, you may have a large family to take care of, but you need the independence to manage by your own means, to make your own decisions without being tied to the decisions of others, to the demands and obligations that life sometimes pressures us with.
You want to take your family forward together with you and for that you need to have control mainly in the material plane. You know that there are other things that also influence life such as emotions or love in a family but your specialty is oriented to the material, so you can focus all your energy to at least dominate that aspect and not have setbacks in that sense.
This does not make you a materialistic or unemotional person! It is just your ability, your natural talent to focus and dominate the material plane, it is your way of being and giving yourself to others and there is nothing negative about it.
You want to have a permanent balance between work and family, between leisure and pleasure, between what goes out and what comes in, and you know that this is the best way to run things for you and for everyone.
As much as you can spend a lot of time creating your income, designing progress, looking to the future and striving for it, you can also balance your time and attention to providing for the family in other ways and in that you are certainly a master of balance.
The Queen of Pentacles also comes to represent security and prosperity, it is a card that portends prosperity and security because you have been able to work hard to achieve it and you have the innate ability to share it with others because part of your goal and your enjoyment is on the one hand to achieve independence, stability and progress, but also to share it with others.
You create your environment, your life, your affections and your tomorrow based on prosperity and abundance, on financial tranquility. Few people can achieve this in this balanced way. Many get lost along the way and end up spending their time at work, counting and tallying, thus detracting attention from the other facets of their lives.
You have achieved or are on the way to achieve this prosperity and some material wealth but at the same time you have learned along the way that the saying “money comes and goes” is really true, so you are able to enjoy it, to fight for it and get it but also to share it because there is a compassionate trait in the Queen of Pentacles.
You in no way boast pride, either for what you have or what your achievements represent, and here the maternal side of this queen comes to the surface, where you can manage your circumstances and those of others and encompass everything in one thing.
Your ingenuity and practicality make you indispensable to others, and what seems complex to others to solve is something simple and natural to you, because your practical sense is highly developed and you apply it spontaneously on a daily basis.
What does the Queen of Pentacles card mean in love?
In the field of love. The Queen of Pentacles is a very feminine card, so in a couple the role of the woman will be fundamental to carry the relationship forward. These are good times to share things together, there is a lot of understanding, outings and fun.
If you are lonely, you should aim for a strategy of not pursuing the person you are interested in, be available yes, but do not seem desperate to bring someone new into your romantic life. Be optimistic, and know that you have a lot in you that is worth loving. Love is coming soon.
What does the Queen of Pentacles card mean at work?
In the field of Work. The Queen of Pentacles announces that you are likely to make great progress now in your work. Promotions, promotions, having recognition for great work is possible now.
You can find a woman who will be a great ally, someone older than you, who will have a significant role in your work life; if so, know that she supports you and you can count on her.
If you are looking for a job, you can count on the help of a woman. Getting a job is almost a given with this card.
What does the Queen of Pentacles card mean in money and finances?
In terms of money and finances. The Queen of Pentacles is an excellent omen when it comes to money. Your level of prosperity is very likely to be increasing. Don’t hesitate to spend time enjoying your newfound wealth.
Saving is important, but enjoying life when you have the means to do so is also critical. Share what you have when you can. A very positive time is coming in your economy.
What does the Queen of Pentacles chart mean for health?
Regarding health. The Queen of Pentacles tells you that you need to create space and time to focus on you first, so that your health can truly improve. If you are constantly putting everyone before you and before their needs, then your health could suffer as a result.
Balance in all things is important. You are just as important as anyone else.
What does The Queen of Pentacles mean spiritually?
In terms of spirituality. The Queen of Pentacles indicates that it is very important that you trust yourself. You may not be able to see things spiritually as others do, but your belief system works for you, and that is the most important thing.
When it comes to our spiritual life, although it is important to listen to others, ultimately we have to make our own decisions. If others don’t understand your decisions, that’s their problem.
What does the Queen of Pentacles upside down or reversed card mean?
Queen of Pentacles in reversed position. General meaning: When this card is reversed, it certainly signals that you may be or what you are going to be really very busy because of work, to the point that you feel it consumes all your time and resources.
While this may be forced by circumstances and you have no choice but to take care of it that way, it may also be a mistake on your part and that you are devoting too much time to your work, to get the material achievements you need or desire.
This you do, but to the detriment of your personal relationships, whether this is your partner, family life or the social environment in which you move, where this has and will have even more, a detrimental impact.
If this is happening because you are forced by circumstances and it is presented as temporary, then it is okay to do so keeping in mind that you must reverse this attitude as soon as you can.
Your material concerns have a lot to do with the future, where you feel great insecurity as to what tomorrow will offer and how you will be able to cope and resolve all the material demands of existence.
You try to be financially independent, but as you are not succeeding, you worry excessively. Surely this situation has you with great concern, because you know that you have to try to balance all your material effort, work, your activity, with your affections and family life, and not being able to do it presents you with a hard mental conflict.
It is clear that you cannot do everything at once at this time and you will have to prioritize certain things, make some decisions about what is more important than the other at a given moment.
You may have to work this out day by day, picking and choosing where you are going to focus your attention. Today it may be work, but tomorrow it will be family, and you must have the wisdom to make the right choice.
Sometimes this card can signal that the homebody attitude of the Queen of Pentacles has become a bit excessive and you have become a loner who hardly ever leaves your home. Although you like to be surrounded by your family, you have lost contact with the outside world, you have withdrawn from the social world and that somehow generates a spiritual discomfort.
You should try to fight against this tendency to isolate yourself and look for ways to stay in contact with your friends, family and people close to you because in the long run it will be to your benefit.
Perhaps the most negative part of the Queen of Pentacles reversed is that your tendency to be “mature” can be a bit excessive and others may feel somewhat stifled by your constant presence and your overly maternal attitudes.
No doubt your intentions are good, they are logical, and you seek nothing but the common good but you can’t be forcing everyone to do things your way. This card seems to indicate that you are one thing or the other: either you control and manage everything, or you end up doing everything yourself because others do not take care of it.
You can’t take charge of everything either. Others must learn to take responsibility and it is good that you could make them aware of that.
Against your tendency to manage and organize everything, the ideal in this case is to pause, step aside and let others reflect and become aware of their responsibilities and obligations, whether this is within your own, in your work environment or in a business partnership.
Therefore: If you are becoming suffocating, loosen the pressure a little, as well as if you are taking charge of everything to get results, slow down a little so that others can do their part.
As a court card, without a doubt, besides representing you, it may represent someone in your environment and may respond to the same characteristics we have described: someone who may be becoming suffocating with continuous presence, with demands, with impositions of “how things should be”, how things should be done, someone who does everything and leaves no room for you to experiment and do.
Undoubtedly communication and dialogue is the best way to clarify this situation, because if they remain in time they can become very complex to keep relationships running smoothly.
What does the Queen of Pentacles card inverted in love mean?
In the field of love. The card maintains the same tone, where you are too busy, dedicating little time or poor quality time to your partner and this will undoubtedly undermine the relationship if it is prolonged over time.
If this card portrays your partner, it also portrays him/her in a negative way, as he/she may be a person who finds it very difficult to obtain money and even if he/she has it, he/she is very reluctant to share it.
It could well be a typical case of a greedy person. Whatever the case may be, this card asks you to focus again on the universe of the couple and on the emotional terrain. You are putting too much on the material side of the scale and too little on the emotional side.
If you are lonely and looking for love, the card warns you that you must first love yourself in order to love another. You are not loving yourself because you are focusing your attention on the material side of existence and have stopped paying attention to your soul, and so it will be difficult for you to find a partner.
What does the Queen of Pentacles card inverted at work mean?
In the field of work. The reversed Queen of Pentacles indicates both in the present and in the future, that you are not enjoying work too much because it has become a burden, either because of obligation, because the amount of work is too much or because the circumstances of your life force you to keep working constantly to get results.
You must try to find valid reasons for this and above all try to enjoy what you do, to find meaning in it. Here we are not talking about serious work problems, job loss or salary decreases, but about the amount of work and the proportional enjoyment you get from what you do.
If you are looking for a job, the card may indicate that you are going to find a few options to take that will not be the ones you like the most, the jobs you love to do the most, there will be options but not the best ones at least for now.
What does the Queen of Pentacles card mean for money and finances?
Regarding finances. It’s not a bad card, it doesn’t signal ruin or financial hardship, but it does bring a warning that you may be with a great tendency to spend more than you have.
You like to surround yourself with material things, pleasant things, you like a warm home and that everyone in the family is satisfied in material matters but this can lead you to spend more than you have, leading you to work more and more to get it in a circle that certainly is not virtuous.
As a negative point you can point out that you can only express your love and affection in a material way. You have love to give but you do not know how to express it if not through palpable things. Keep this in mind because no doubt as the years and decades go by, people will remember the hug you gave them and not the object you gave them.
This is not a time for excessive spending, nor for making investments or taking risks in new businesses, you should play it safe and somehow keep the pace until better times come. It is not a bad time financially, but one mistake can cause you severe damage.
What does the Queen of Pentacles reversed card mean in health?
In health matters. When this queen appears inverted it can signal that you are taking too much care of others, taking care of every detail, covering every need, not allowing even a second for yourself.
Again in the chart here she asks you to love yourself, you matter too so you should also be on that list of people to take care of, maybe even at the top of it. Set aside small moments of the day for yourself.
This is not a negative card for health, it does not announce diseases or serious things but if you neglect yourself you run the risk if you suffer from any ailment or disease that it will worsen over time by not paying due attention at this time.
What does the card of the Queen of Pentacles reversed mean spiritually?
If we talk about spirituality. The card directs you to adopt certain rituals in your daily life that make you feel good. These can be small but very significant, for example, having a drink at a certain time, reading a book, watching a program you like, taking a moment to take care of your flowers, watering the garden or cooking something you love to do.
These small ritual moments are often what sustain an existence and you seem to have dispensed with them given the urgencies you are pursuing. Refocus on small ritual moments to regain a sense of the experience of life.
It would also be important that you dedicate a few moments to meditation and contemplation, perhaps write a small “gratitude journal” where you count the gifts you have in life, because gratitude is an important engine to generate new things.
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