Two of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Two of Pentacles is card 2 in the suit of Pentacles, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of balance, work, money; reversed, of material delay, stagnation.

Upright meaning

balance, work, money

Juggling priorities with grace -- balancing money, time and tasks the way a performer balances, with poise.

Reversed meaning

material delay, stagnation

Overload or a dropped ball -- the juggling has tipped into strain, and something needs to be set down.

The suit of Pentacles belongs to Earth and to work, money and the body.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Two of Pentacles describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.