Queen of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Queen of Pentacles is a court card in the suit of Pentacles, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of mastery, inner authority, nurtured power; reversed, of emotion unmanaged, power turned inward.

Upright meaning

mastery, inner authority, nurtured power

Grounded practicality and generous care -- a capable, nurturing presence that manages the real world well.

Reversed meaning

emotion unmanaged, power turned inward

Overwork, or practical care that forgets the self -- the world is handled; tend yourself as well.

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

In a three-card reading

In the past position Queen 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.