In this chapter of the tarot course we will see the Four of Pentacles and its meanings. The hidden details for its interpretation in the tarot. What does the Four of Pentacles mean in the Tarot? What does the Four 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 Four of Pentacles card upside down or reversed mean?
The Four of Pentacles in the tarot
The Four of Pentacles and its meaning in a tarot reading. The Four of Pentacles stands for achievement, but also for the danger of greed.
In the Four of Pentacleswe find a man sitting on the outskirts of his city, embracing and protecting his possessions.
Intense work has worn him down, but there is a hidden satisfaction in him for all that he has been able to achieve thanks to his efforts.
Graphic description of the card
- The Four of Pentacles shows a man sitting on a stool, far from the city in which he lives. He clutches his coins tightly in a very defensive posture, as if hoarding for fear of loss.
- One gold coin is balanced on his head, indicating that his thoughts are focused only on the material.
- Another coin is tightly clutched between his hands, and two others are firmly placed under his feet and this means that he wants to make sure that no one touches or takes his coins from him.
- He can’t go anywhere, because his feet are busy stepping on the coins.
- In other words, this man is so tied to his possessions, he can’t do anything else.
- His gaze is hardened in hard work, but his mouth betrays the hint of a smile, which comes from the very satisfaction he feels at his accomplishments.
What is the meaning of the Four of Pentacles in the Tarot?
The Four of Pentacles in natural position, General Meaning: The Four of Pentacles has both a positive and a negative reading.
In one view this card signals that you have accomplished many of your goals and objectives, and in the process, you have been able to make a good difference, even to some wealth.
The dark side is that this may have led you to fix your gaze and focus only on possessions and material things, and this may have made you a greedy or possessive person.
Undoubtedly you have a good financial position, stable, without worries about the bread for today or tomorrow, your business or investments are stable, full of solidity.
You are not characterized by wastefulness or spending, you have a conservative attitude and you do not like risks of any kind.
You have been increasing your money, your capital, all your goods in general by means of a rigid conduct, knowing how to save and to make well calculated investments.
All this has led you to have also a great emotional calmness, because you relate spiritual well-being to financial security.
This is very positive, undoubtedly, your effort has been a lot and your gain deserved, but nevertheless in the process you may have been filled with greed and have for life the same fearful and guarded attitude, which at the level of emotions indicates that you never take risks because it produces a great uneasiness and confusion.
Your feelings are as cold as coins, well calculated, safe in the safety box inside you. This in a way creates dissatisfaction and there may be an undercurrent of unhappiness in your life.
A part of you is beginning to understand that this conservative attitude to everything has not benefited you and has isolated you.
The big message in the Four of Pentacles is precisely that you should not give money and material things more value than they have. It is very nice and important to have it, but clearly it is not everything, having an attitude of attachment is something that in the long run will bring you more disadvantages than benefits.
If your life is valued by a table where possessions lead the list, and you measure yourself with others and value yourself by the clothes you wear, the house you have, the cars you use, you are in a poor approach to existence, and you also enter a spiral where you must get more and more to maintain your valuation.
We find here a lot of resistance to change. You don’t like changes and modifications, you don’t like to get out of the scheme. You already have everything under control, you have implemented a way, a method, a procedure that has given you good results, so you wonder why you should change that.
Any change is a threat to your security. In the same way, you are probably a person who respects the traditions, the forms, the established.
This leads to the fact that you can also be rigid and controlling of everything around you, be it family, partners or staff working for you. Everything must be done your way or at least under your supervision.
Order is for you an oasis, it brings you calm and stability, but if you are very inflexible in your ways and control, the ones who will not have calm or any oasis will be the others.
If this does not find a middle ground of balance, it is possible that there will be distancing and people who will move away, while you yourself may become lonely and isolated, since you are better off with no one than yourself. You should make a very deep examination of your life and your stance on it when this card appears.
What does the Four of Gold mean in love?
In the realm of love, The Four of Pentacles speaks to us of fear when it comes to love. There is a situation of attachment, which can be yours to the other, or your partner’s to you, which is not healthy at all. Love is freedom, and anything that limits or controls it puts it at risk.
If you are lonely, you must leave your comfort zone, your security and take the risk of betting on it, be ready. As long as you don’t do it, love will be slow to come and stay
What does the card of the Four of Pentacles mean at work?
As for work, the Four of Pentacles indicates that it is stable and secure, but you may be doing something that you don’t like, that is not your passion, just because it pays off or because it puts food on the table.
Most people find themselves in similar situations, in fact, but here you must (because you have the capacity to do so) see what happens to your confidence or faith in yourself. Cheer up, take a risk for what you believe in, because one way or another you will have a profitable job, but if it gives you happiness it would be a very important plus.
If you are looking for a job, you will undoubtedly get it, and very soon, in the same conditions described above: it is likely that you will not like what you do even if it assures you a very good salary.
What does the Four of Pentacles mean in money and finances?
In finances, The Four of Pentacles does not announce problems, quite the contrary when it comes to money or business. The point here is that your anxiety about these matters can make you cling too tightly to your money and earnings, with a tight grip on them.
It’s fine to be responsible and measured with money, but if you go too far, greed and avarice can become a permanent trait. Work with giving, with charity.
What does the Four of Pentacles signify in health?
In health, The Four of Pentacles tells you to forgive the past and old hurts, mainly your mistakes. You are inflexible and it is difficult for you to forget your mistakes, especially if they have been in financial or work-related matters.
Be careful also of the stress and nerves associated with always doing the math. Also, the card shows that others may be holding on to your financial situation and this has become a heavy burden on your health.
What does the Four of Pentacles mean spiritually?
In spirituality. You must look deep within yourself to understand and overcome the fears that block you. Security is important but you cannot handle all the variables of life, you must take some risk, open yourself to new experiences, get out of your comfortable mental routine.
Meditate, question yourself, open yourself to change, no matter how small.
What does the card of the Four of Pentacles upside down or reversed mean?
The Four of Pentacles in inverted position, General Meaning: The Four of Pentacles when reversed, shows its worst side.
That control and your conservative attitude, both in finances and in life, has now rotated into an overt, acute fear of poverty or any lacking situation you may experience.
Much of this sort of obsession may be unreal and unfounded, but you experience it as if overnight poverty and ruin will strip you of everything.
This leads you to be extremely careful with your money, to have such a protectionism that has turned you into a person bordering on avarice.
This in itself is not good, but the worst part is that on an emotional level the same process has occurred and you are having serious difficulties to open up, to share your emotions or to attend to those of others.
All this has led you to spend too much time focused on your work and financial chores, neglecting other important relationships, such as family, partner, children or lifelong friends.
The material achievement you have reached but a part of you finds a bittersweet taste, since there are moments when you understand that money does not buy everything nor is it enough to provide happiness in other areas of life, such as love or health.
You must urgently rectify these positions to be able to connect with others and that all those who have been moving away because of your blockage, come closer to you.
Surely you can give up some things, the less important ones, to be able to dedicate a little more time and attention to those other areas of your life that are the ones that fill any spirit and heart.
On a completely opposite note, the Four of Gold can signal that you are spending a lot of money. Control has completely given way and your earnings are flying out of your pockets.
What does the reversed Four of Gold mean in love?
In the realm of love. The reversed Four of Gold is more positive. You come from a lot of emotional blockage, but aware of the damage that this is causing you, you adopt a posture of revision, to improve and open yourself so that relationships can flow again.
Although the emotional aspect has an evolution, you must accompany this with a reduction of your activities, if you spend all day at work and on your bills you can not share time with those you love.
If you are in search of love, you must overcome the fear of rejection and also the fear of being loved and accepted because of your material position, which may be higher than average.
You are smart enough to know when that happens, trust your inner voice, don’t let panic close the doors of love.
What does the reversed Four of Pentacles card mean at work?
In the field of work. The Four of Pentacles says that your fear of poverty leads you to overwork, even in two or more activities. On the other hand, you do not want to take risks and even if better opportunities appear, you cannot leave the security of what you have.
Your phrase is “a bird in the hand is better than a hundred in the air”. You live with concern for your job, both for its stability and its earnings, and although you can manage certain things to improve it, you cannot control everything.
Do not worry about things that have not yet happened!
If you are looking for a job, opportunities appear but you let them pass you by: none of them are very secure or you don’t earn what you want.
Watch out for that. Your chart may be too high and you may be missing out on good existing chances.
What does the card of the Four of Pentacless reversed mean in money and finances?
In terms of money. The Four of Pentacles bodes well, money and business will not be lacking, and may even be much more positive than you expect. The point here is not to let your obsession with poverty lead you to think that nothing is ever enough, that you need more and more security.
That won’t help you at all: you will work too hard, neglect your relationships, and never enjoy the achievements or gains you reap.
What does the reversed Four of Pentacles mean in health?
In the area of health. The Four of Pentaclesindicates that you have been worrying about your health for a long time, which surely are not true, but even so you do not dare to make the necessary controls to find out and know what to deal with, if it were the case.
Your health is really good, it is your thoughts that somehow make you worse.
What does the reversed Four of Pentacles mean spiritually?
In spirituality. The Four of Pentacles shows that your fears also teach you. You learn, perhaps the hard way, that you should relax, open up a little more. You have already achieved material things in life… why don’t you enjoy them?
Slowly you are leaving your safe zone, understanding that there is an emotional and spiritual path that you owe, that you have to walk, that will bring you gains, many, of a different kind.
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