Tarot · Minor Arcana · Pentacles

King of Pentacles

  • grounded success
  • stability
  • masterful abundance
  • solid generosity

Key facts

Arcana
Minor Arcana
Suit
Pentacles
Number
14
Element
Fire of Earth.
Keywords
grounded success, stability, masterful abundance, solid generosity

King of Pentacles upright

The King of Pentacles is the one who has patiently built a concrete and fertile kingdom. He embodies the quiet mastery of matter, the success that lasts because it’s rooted in work and good sense. Here you touch a solid, generous kind of abundance, one that can sustain a whole circle around it. Hold your course with confidence, your stability is a gift for you and for your people.

King of Pentacles reversed

Reversed, the King of Pentacles can speak of a success that closes in on itself, where owning has replaced enjoying. Maybe too strong an attachment to control or to money is pulling you away from lightness. Come back to the meaning of what you’re building. True wealth circulates, it’s shared, and the most prosperous ruler is the one whose hand also knows how to open.

A question to sit with

Does your success make you more generous, or a little too attached?

Frequently asked questions about King of Pentacles

What does King of Pentacles mean upright?
The King of Pentacles is the one who has patiently built a concrete and fertile kingdom. He embodies the quiet mastery of matter, the success that lasts because it’s rooted in work and good sense. Here you touch a solid, generous kind of abundance, one that can sustain a whole circle around it. Hold your course with confidence, your stability is a gift for you and for your people.
What does King of Pentacles mean reversed?
Reversed, the King of Pentacles can speak of a success that closes in on itself, where owning has replaced enjoying. Maybe too strong an attachment to control or to money is pulling you away from lightness. Come back to the meaning of what you’re building. True wealth circulates, it’s shared, and the most prosperous ruler is the one whose hand also knows how to open.

Sources

  • Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, William Rider & Son, 1911.
  • Rachel Pollack, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, Weiser Books, 1980.