Up: [[Minor Arcana]] Created: 2026-02-03 Updated: 2026-10-04 > [!leaf] In Brief > Practicality, daily life, home, security, material possessions, career, body, health > [!leaf] Shadow > materialism, possessiveness, selfishness, rigidity, inability to change, lethargy > [!leaf] Correspondences - Element — [[Earth Element]] - Season — Winter - Direction — North - Jungian Function — Sensation - Domain — Body - Astrological signs — Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn - Colours — Brown, green - Major Arcana — [[3 - Empress]], [[5 - Hierophant]], [[9 - Hermit]], [[15 - Devil]], [[21 - World]] > [!leaf] The Cards - [[4 of Pentacles]] - [[Page of Pentacles]] - [[King of Pentacles]] > [!leaf] Interesting - Rather than Pentacles just being about the material world, Isabel Kliegman in *Tarot and the Tree of Life* offers an appealing alternative. The suit of Pentacles has to do with how we *relate* to the material world. For example, when you go to work is it just a way for you to earn money, or is there a sense of service involved? - The five pointed star of the Pentacle represents the five senses and also the five endpoints of the human body. - Pentacles are outer world cards. They are what we can be seen doing. > [!leaf] General Questions to Ask When You Get a Pentacle in a Reading > from *Tarot for Your Self* by Mary K. Greer - What do I value? - Where do I find my greatest sense of security? - What do I feel insecure about? - What goals are being materialized? - What messages am I getting from my physical body and from my environment?