Six of Pentacles
Secret whisperScales in one hand, coins in the other — giving that keeps the balance.
Upright meaning
Upright keywordsgenerosity, charity, sharing, fairness
Generosity and fair exchange. Give and receive with grace; what you share comes back in kind.
Reversed meaning
Reversed keywordsdebt, strings attached, inequality, one-sided giving
Gifts with strings attached, or an imbalance in giving and taking. Check who really holds the power.
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 Sixs of the tarot
Sixes restore harmony: recovery, generosity and finding balance again.
In Waite’s own words (1910)
From A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, public domain. Original English text.
Divinatory meaning: Presents, gifts, gratification another account says attention, vigilance now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.
Reversed: Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
The picture
A person in the guise of a merchant weighs money in a pair of scales and distributes it to the needy and distressed. It is a testimony to his own success in life, as well as to his goodness of heart.
