Queen of Pentacles
Secret whisperShe cradles the coin in a garden of roses — care made tangible.
Upright meaning
Upright keywordsnurturing, practicality, abundance, security
Practical, nurturing and abundant. Look after your home, your body and your finances with warmth and common sense.
Reversed meaning
Reversed keywordsself-neglect, work–home imbalance, smothering, insecurity
Work and home are out of balance, or you are neglecting yourself. Tend your own garden too.
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 Queens of the tarot
Queens hold the suit inwardly: mastery through care, receptivity and emotional maturity.
In Waite’s own words (1910)
From A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, public domain. Original English text.
Divinatory meaning: Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.
Reversed: Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.
The picture
The face suggests that of a dark woman, whose qualities might be summed up in the idea of greatness of soul; she has also the serious cast of intelligence; she contemplates her symbol and may see worlds therein.
