Ace of Pentacles
Secret whisperA golden coin rises over the garden gate — plant it.
Upright meaning
Upright keywordsopportunity, prosperity, new venture, manifestation
A new financial, career or material opportunity. Plant the seed, then tend it patiently.
Reversed meaning
Reversed keywordsmissed chance, poor planning, scarcity, bad investment
An opportunity is slipping through your fingers, or your plans lack solid ground. Be practical before you commit.
About the suit of Pentacles
Pentacles belong to Earth: money, work, the body, home and the slow building of security. They ask what is real, practical and lasting.
Reading the Aces of the tarot
Aces are seeds: the pure, undivided gift of the suit, a new beginning that still has to be planted.
In Waite’s own words (1910)
From A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, public domain. Original English text.
Divinatory meaning: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold.
Reversed: The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on whether the card is reversed or not.
The picture
A hand--issuing, as usual, from a cloud--holds up a pentacle.
