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Three of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning

Three of Pentacles belongs to the suit of Pentacles — the earth suit of work, body and material life. Upright it speaks of collaboration, craftsmanship, learning; reversed, of lack of teamwork, poor quality work. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Three of Pentacles tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · PentaclesEarthMars in Capricorn

Upright meaning

“Métier, trade, skilled labour; usually, however, regarded as a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: collaboration, craftsmanship, learning, teamwork, skill building.

Reversed meaning

“Mediocrity, in work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: lack of teamwork, poor quality work, isolation.

The archetype

In the language of the sensation function (body, work and the material world — the earth of what is real): first synthesis — growth through cooperation of psychic forces.

Astrology

Decan: Mars in Capricorn. Earth triplicity (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn).

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