Four of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Four of Pentacles is card 4 in the suit of Pentacles, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of stability, work, money; reversed, of material delay, stagnation.

Upright meaning

stability, work, money

Security held tight and steady -- a firm hold on resources that is safe, as long as it does not harden into clutching.

Reversed meaning

material delay, stagnation

Hoarding, rigidity or fear of loss -- the grip on resources has begun to close off welcome gains.

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

In a three-card reading

In the past position Four 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.