Knight of Pentacles
Secret whisperThe steady horse ploughs no faster than the seasons — and never fails.
Upright meaning
Upright keywordsreliability, routine, hard work, patience
Slow, steady, reliable progress. Methodical work pays off in the end.
Reversed meaning
Reversed keywordsstagnation, boredom, laziness, perfectionism
Stuck in a routine or in perfectionism. A small change of pace will help.
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 Knights of the tarot
Knights are in motion: the quest, action and the energy of the suit pushed to extremes.
In Waite’s own words (1910)
From A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, public domain. Original English text.
Divinatory meaning: Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude-all on the normal and external plane.
Reversed: inertia, idleness, repose of that kind, stagnation; also placidity, discouragement, carelessness.
The picture
He rides a slow, enduring, heavy horse, to which his own aspect corresponds. He exhibits his symbol, but does not look therein.
