Four of Pentacles
4 (The Status Quo: stability, equality, persistence)
Keywords
- protection
- conservation
- preservation
- safety
Upright meanings
- Saving for a rainy day
- Fasting as part of a spiritual practice
- Dieting in an effort to improve your body
- Abstaining from sex as a way of honoring a spiritual tradition or personal promise
- Being financially conservative
- Establishing a trust fund
- Opening a savings account
Reversed meanings
- Being stingy
- Refusing to spend money that needs to be spent
- Withholding sex from your partner
- Taking care of your own needs exclusively, without regard for the needs of others
- Spending a dollar to save a penny
- Failing to be a good manager of the blessings you've been given
Fortune telling
- A rainy day is coming—it's time to save
Questions to ask
- What factors determine how conservative or generous you are?
- What kinds of things must be preserved at all costs?
- When is greediness or stinginess a good trait to have? When might generosity work against you?