Six of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Six of Pentacles is card 6 in the suit of Pentacles, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of harmony, work, money; reversed, of material delay, stagnation.

Upright meaning

harmony, work, money

Generosity and fair give-and-take -- a balanced exchange of help, resources and means between people.

Reversed meaning

material delay, stagnation

An unequal or conditional giving -- check whether the exchange is balanced and the help is freely offered.

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

In a three-card reading

In the past position Six 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.