Dear Reader,
Please forgive the lack of images to show you how various decks portray this suit. That box of tarot decks is buried under crafting materials that are in various stages of use to make Yule/Nativity presents. I have a new deck but I want to get to know it before I start posting pictures and commenting on it.
The suit of Pentacles is also known as the suit of Coins. This is in part to attempt to obscure the occult element of the Tarot deck (which originated as an Italian set of playing cards for a game called Tarocchi, which you can find directions for online). It is also the highlight the influence of this suit over the sphere of finances and work. There is, however, much more to this suit.
The suit of Pentacles is also associated with physical aspects of life such as health, strength, and vitality. There are cards within the suit that mirror cards of the Major Arcana. As with all of the suits, for some reason the fifth card of the suit is the nadir of the suit and brings generally poor news. I have tried to understand this and have yet to find anything that explains it. In all of the suits, the fifth card is a card of conflict, disappointment, and regret.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have the ten of Pentacles. While many point to the ten of Cups as the card of ultimate success and dream fulfillment, I have seen that the ten of Pentacles much more accurately fills this role. This, however, is a point of debate between different cartomancers. Ask five cartomancers their opinion on any of the cards in the Tarot deck and you will get six answers.
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