Knight of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Knight of Pentacles is a court card in the suit of Pentacles, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of a driving force, movement, a quest; reversed, of a reckless rush, lost momentum.

Upright meaning

a driving force, movement, a quest

Reliable, steady effort and slow diligence -- patient, methodical progress toward a solid goal.

Reversed meaning

a reckless rush, lost momentum

Stagnation or a grind that has lost its point -- the steadiness is a virtue, but check the destination.

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

In a three-card reading

In the past position Knight 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.