Three of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Three of Pentacles is card 3 in the suit of Pentacles, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of growth, work, money; reversed, of material delay, stagnation.

Upright meaning

growth, work, money

Skilled collaboration and visible craft -- team effort and quality work are recognised and built well.

Reversed meaning

material delay, stagnation

A troubled collaboration or under-appreciated effort -- the craft is fine; the joining needs attention.

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

In a three-card reading

In the past position Three 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.