Nine of Pentacles
9 (The Completion: fullness, readiness, ripeness)
Keywords
- training
- discipline
- confidence
- enough
Upright meanings
- Investing time in learning or teaching a difficult task
- Restraining yourself from physical or financial extremes
- Making sacrifices as a way of achieving larger goals
- Breaking a complex task down into simple steps
- Wanting what you have
- Knowing the difference between needs and wants
Reversed meanings
- Being assigned to a task without being trained to perform it
- Pursuing a position for which you are not qualified
- Disregarding requirements
- Refusing to dedicate adequate time or attention when learning about something or someone new
- Always craving more
Fortune telling
- Until you appreciate what you have, you won't have any luck getting more
Questions to ask
- If you could not have what you want, how would you make do?
- Could you make a complex task easier by breaking it down into smaller steps?
- How patient are you during the learning process? With yourself? With others?