Ace of Pentacles
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The suit of Pentacles represents the element earth. This is the suit through which we can appreciate what we have been given and it shows how we experience the external world.
Pentacles can represent money matters, resources, security, material concerns, prosperity, wealth, service, status, and physical experiences in the body.
Aces = One = Pure Potential
Aces represent the beginning of a cycle, new beginnings, the creative principle, the root force, births, new projects, leadership, raw energy.
First Chakra; the energy centre related to physical comfort and well-being.
Pentacles can represent money matters, resources, security, material concerns, prosperity, wealth, service, status, and physical experiences in the body.
Aces = One = Pure Potential
Aces represent the beginning of a cycle, new beginnings, the creative principle, the root force, births, new projects, leadership, raw energy.
First Chakra; the energy centre related to physical comfort and well-being.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
A hand issuing, as usual, from a cloud holds up a pentacle.
Divinatory Meanings: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold.
Reversed: The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on whether the card is reversed or not.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Ace. The most favourable of all cards.
Reversed: A share in the finding of treasure.
Divinatory Meanings: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold.
Reversed: The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on whether the card is reversed or not.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Ace. The most favourable of all cards.
Reversed: A share in the finding of treasure.
Upright
Financial reward is on the way.
Bounty of the earth, Earth related celebrations.
Planting seeds, a new garden.
Contentment, physical and mental well-being.
Your luck is at it's peak.
Gifts given.
New sources of money, new financial and economic conditions, beginning of prosperity.
Establishing a better lifestyle.
Practical organization, results oriented.
Will receive an important book or document.
Purchases, property matters.
You will be getting something new, something you have been waiting for.
The desire to gain, to own, to possess.
The possibility that the imagined may become real.
The gift of incarnation and materiality.
A time to nourish yourself - eat well, sleep well, and enjoy the fruits of life.
Create something new in the world.
Bounty of the earth, Earth related celebrations.
Planting seeds, a new garden.
Contentment, physical and mental well-being.
Your luck is at it's peak.
Gifts given.
New sources of money, new financial and economic conditions, beginning of prosperity.
Establishing a better lifestyle.
Practical organization, results oriented.
Will receive an important book or document.
Purchases, property matters.
You will be getting something new, something you have been waiting for.
The desire to gain, to own, to possess.
The possibility that the imagined may become real.
The gift of incarnation and materiality.
A time to nourish yourself - eat well, sleep well, and enjoy the fruits of life.
Create something new in the world.
Reversed
Expected money is delayed.
Misfortune.
Lack of prosperity, inadequate resources, financial insecurity, poverty.
Difficulty in getting started.
A house of home that needs expensive renovations before inhabiting.
Are you really prepared?
False sense of security.
Fear over loss of material possessions.
No money for a needed acquisition.
illness.
Substantial waste.
Possessiveness.
Hoarding of wealth, greed.
Fear of letting go.
You just aren't getting what you need.
The grasping of things that belong to others.
Local business closings.
Misfortune.
Lack of prosperity, inadequate resources, financial insecurity, poverty.
Difficulty in getting started.
A house of home that needs expensive renovations before inhabiting.
Are you really prepared?
False sense of security.
Fear over loss of material possessions.
No money for a needed acquisition.
illness.
Substantial waste.
Possessiveness.
Hoarding of wealth, greed.
Fear of letting go.
You just aren't getting what you need.
The grasping of things that belong to others.
Local business closings.
Links
- ATA
- Essay by James Rioux (The Black Shadow)
- The Lost & Found
- Upright and reversed meanings
- Tarot Teachings
- Symbolism and meaning
- Learning the Tarot
- Joan Bunning's site with Ace of Pentacles information.
- Biddy Tarot
- Upright and reversed meanings
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