King of Pentacles tarot card
What King of Pentacles means in the Rider-Waite tarot: upright and reversed, in love, at work and as advice. Free online reading.
Minor Arcana · Pentacles · Element: Earth
Keywords: prosperity, solidity, provision, experience, prosperous generosity
The advice
Decide like someone thinking ten years ahead, and share a little of what is already yours.
A king in a robe embroidered with grapes sits on a throne surrounded by plants, a castle behind him, one foot resting on a bull's head. He built all this and knows how to manage it.
King of Pentacles upright
Solid, generous prosperity. This is the card of someone who makes things work, manages well and still shares the abundance. Real security, built with time and experience. It appears as a mentor, an investor, a provider, or as you, at your best practical side.
In love
A steady, generous partner, a relationship with material security and a shared project.
In work and money
A consolidated business, good financial management, mature investment, mentoring. People trust your judgment.
In your inner life
A sense of being in command of your own material life. That frees up energy for other things.
The shadow
Measuring everything in money. Not every important decision shows up on the spreadsheet.
King of Pentacles reversed
Prosperity has become obsession, or the foundation has grown unstable. Greed, rigid financial control, decisions guided only by profit, or the opposite: material disorder and projects that can't sustain themselves. The reversed King asks for honesty about your relationship with money.
In love
A relationship in which money sets the rules, or someone who confuses providing with taking part.
In work and money
Poor management, cost cutting that destroys value, an environment where only results count.
In your inner life
Material security that is never enough. The number that would calm you changes every time you reach it.
The shadow
Wealth without purpose. Money exists to serve life, not the other way around.
Frequently asked questions
Is King of Pentacles a yes or no?
Yes, with solidity. Experience and good management sustain this answer; decide like someone thinking ten years ahead, and share a little of what is already yours. Reversed: Not the way it's being guided. When everything revolves around gain, or when control has slipped, the base turns unstable; look frankly at your relationship with what you have.
What does King of Pentacles mean in love?
A steady, generous partner, a relationship with material security and a shared project.
What does King of Pentacles reversed mean?
Prosperity has become obsession, or the foundation has grown unstable. Greed, rigid financial control, decisions guided only by profit, or the opposite: material disorder and projects that can't sustain themselves. The reversed King asks for honesty about your relationship with money.
What is the advice of King of Pentacles?
Decide like someone thinking ten years ahead, and share a little of what is already yours.