68-Five of Pentacles Upright Rider Waite Work Tarot Reading

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Career, Work Or Retirement:

Work can be either burdensome or non-existent when this card appears, and you may be feeling stuck. Know that you do not have to stay in a situation that is not healthy or workable for you, have faith in yourself and the universe that changes are possible. You don’t ; have to do everything all on your own. If you need a new position, ask everyone you know for possibilities. Things will get better. Have faith!

Card Meanings: Loneliness, Bankruptcy, Bad Luck, Hardship, Divorce, Poverty, Destitution, Despair, Unemployment, Struggle, Poor Health, Alienation, Illness, Homelessness, Financial Ruin, Financial Loss, Breakups, Adversity, Feeling The World Is Against You, Recession, Negative Change In Circumstances, Temporary Financial Hardship, Outcast, Feeling Left Out In The Cold, Scandal

The Five of Pentacles can point to a time when life is feeling less than secure. The important thing to remember is that there is always help available when we need it, from forces both seen and unseen. You may feel alone, but you have the capacity to change that. Reach out.

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Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: Waite (1911): From four great staves planted in the foreground there is a great garland suspended; two female figures uplift nosegays; at their side is a bridge over a moat, leading to an old manorial house. Divinatory Meanings: Country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose, concord, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfected work of these; (R) prosperity, increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment.

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Reversed Cards: The Five of Pentacles can often show a time of disconnection. In the upright position this may very well have been unintended or even unwanted, but here in the protection aspect it is actually done deliberately. The card is the closest we can get in the tarot to showing how to step outside the boundaries of social convention. Think of it as getting off the conveyor belt of life just long enough to reboot, reset, and possibly find other ways of experiencing your physical journey. Not everything about our modern world is helpful or enriching. Oftentimes the world can be restricting, cruel, and dehumanizing. Use the Five of Pentacles in the protection aspect as a respite, not a permanent solution.

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Tarot Card Meanings: Five of Pentacles; unexpected loss or hardship.  Generally a lack of ability to recognize opportunity and feelings of isolation.  The card is strongly linked to poor investments or unwise use of money in some way.  Reversed; largely the same but with more severe results.