Tarot · Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Six of Pentacles

  • generosity
  • fairness
  • sharing
  • circulation

Key facts

Arcana
Minor Arcana
Suit
Pentacles
Number
6
Numerology
6 (The Adjustment: cooperation, collaboration, interaction)
Keywords
generosity, fairness, sharing, circulation

Six of Pentacles upright

The Six of Pentacles is the lovely dance of giving and receiving, when resources circulate fairly. You offer what you can, you welcome what comes, and the balance happens naturally. It’s a card of generous sharing, of hands passing along what needs to be passed. Give with an open heart, and let yourself receive too, without guilt.

Six of Pentacles reversed

Reversed, the Six of Pentacles questions the balance of your exchanges. Maybe you always give without ever receiving, or a gift hides an expectation of power or return. Come back to the simplicity of fair sharing. Generosity flowers when it’s free, with no invisible debt trailing behind it.

A question to sit with

In your exchanges, do giving and receiving truly balance out?

Frequently asked questions about Six of Pentacles

What does Six of Pentacles mean upright?
The Six of Pentacles is the lovely dance of giving and receiving, when resources circulate fairly. You offer what you can, you welcome what comes, and the balance happens naturally. It’s a card of generous sharing, of hands passing along what needs to be passed. Give with an open heart, and let yourself receive too, without guilt.
What does Six of Pentacles mean reversed?
Reversed, the Six of Pentacles questions the balance of your exchanges. Maybe you always give without ever receiving, or a gift hides an expectation of power or return. Come back to the simplicity of fair sharing. Generosity flowers when it’s free, with no invisible debt trailing behind it.

Sources

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