Six of Pentacles tarot card
What Six 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: fair exchange, generosity, help, material balance, giving and receiving
The advice
Settle the account: give what is fitting and receive what is yours, without embarrassment.
A merchant with scales in hand distributes coins to two kneeling beggars. The scales are the important detail: here, what is given is measured.
Six of Pentacles upright
Fair exchanges. A loan, a favor, an agreement in which both sides come away satisfied. The card speaks of measured generosity and also of the right to receive. Giving is easy to romanticize; receiving is what usually gets stuck.
In love
A relationship with balanced effort, mutual support in a hard moment, concrete gestures of care.
In work and money
A fair salary, a bonus, sponsorship, mentoring. A good moment to negotiate rates.
In your inner life
Learning to receive. Someone who only gives is protecting their own vulnerability.
The shadow
Generosity that creates dependence or debt. Real help has an end date.
Six of Pentacles reversed
The scales are crooked. Debts, favors with interest built in, generosity for show, or a relationship in which one always pays and the other always owes. The reversed Six asks for the agreements to be redone in the open.
In love
Imbalance: one invests, the other enjoys. Also: charity disguised as love.
In work and money
Lagging pay, exploitation, or a promised return that never arrives.
In your inner life
Difficulty asking for what is yours. You are not being a nuisance; you are being fair.
The shadow
Buying affection or loyalty. What is bought that way is lost the same way.
Frequently asked questions
Is Six of Pentacles a yes or no?
Yes, if the exchange is fair. Give what is yours to give and receive what is yours without embarrassment; a balanced agreement leaves both sides satisfied. Reversed: Not while the scales are crooked. A favor with interest built in, or someone who always pays while the other always owes, calls for an agreement redone in the open.
What does Six of Pentacles mean in love?
A relationship with balanced effort, mutual support in a hard moment, concrete gestures of care.
What does Six of Pentacles reversed mean?
The scales are crooked. Debts, favors with interest built in, generosity for show, or a relationship in which one always pays and the other always owes. The reversed Six asks for the agreements to be redone in the open.
What is the advice of Six of Pentacles?
Settle the account: give what is fitting and receive what is yours, without embarrassment.