Tarot card meaning · Pentacles Six of Pentacles tarot card meaning

The Six of Pentacles is the card of giving and receiving. Upright it means help, money or kindness coming in, and a fair exchange. Reversed it means the giving is lopsided or comes with strings. In a yes or no reading it is a yes: what you need is offered.

generosity
giving
fairness

Yes or no: Yes
Reversed: No

Arcana: Minor, Pentacles
Number: 6
Element: Earth
Astrology: Moon in Taurus

Six of Pentacles tarot card, Rider-Waite-Smith deck — Rider-Waite-Smith, 1909

Upright

Six of Pentacles upright meaning

A merchant in a red robe holds a pair of scales in one hand. With the other he drops coins into the cupped hands of a man kneeling in front of him. A second kneeling man waits, hands out, and gets nothing yet. Six pentacles float above them.

Upright, the card means help arrives. A loan, a raise, a gift, a favor, someone who has more giving some of it to you. Or you are the one with the scales, and you can afford to be generous. Either way, it is a card of things moving between people the way they should.

The scales matter. This is generosity measured out, not thrown around. Someone is deciding who gets what, and how much. When it works, it is fair. When you are the second man, still waiting, it can feel less fair, and the card shows that too.

Reversed

Six of Pentacles reversed meaning

Reversed, the scales tip. Most often it means the giving is one way. One person pays, helps, shows up, and the other takes. Or the help comes with conditions, and you start to feel owned by it.

It can also point to debt, a loan that costs more than it saved, or charity that leaves you smaller. Sometimes it is you giving to someone who has learned they never need to give back.

The answer turns to no. Not because nothing is offered, but because what is offered is not fair, and taking it will cost more than it looks.

Love and relationships

Six of Pentacles in love.

If you are single

Someone generous comes in, or you are ready to give and receive in equal measure. Notice who gives without keeping score. That is the kind of person this card points to. Notice, too, if you only ever give.

In a relationship

A relationship where both people give, and it feels balanced. If one of you has been carrying more lately, the card says the other will step up. It also comes up when one partner supports the other with money, and asks that it be done without power games.

About an ex

About an ex, the Six of Pentacles asks who gave more. If it was you, the card often shows up to name that. A return is possible when the exchange becomes fair. Coming back to the same lopsided deal is not what this card is promising.

How they feel

Six of Pentacles as feelings

As feelings, the Six of Pentacles means they want to take care of you, help you, give you something. It is warm and it is practical. Watch whether it comes with an expectation, because upright it does not, and reversed it does.

What to do

Six of Pentacles as advice

Let the help in, and give where you can. Keep an eye on the scales. Accepting is not weakness, and giving is not a debt someone owes you back.

The question everyone asks

Does the Six of Pentacles mean they want to make it up to me, or come back?

It means they want to give something back. The Six of Pentacles is a card of repair through action: help, a gesture, a balance put right. That can be a return, or it can be an apology made through deeds. Upright, it is offered fairly. Reversed, check the strings before you take it.

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Yes or no

Is Six of Pentacles a yes or a no?

Yes Help, money or kindness comes in.

↺ No Reversed: The giving is lopsided, with strings attached.

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In my readings

When Six of Pentacles comes up for me.

When the Six of Pentacles comes up in a money reading, I look at which figure the client is. A lot of people who ask me about money are the merchant, holding the scales for everyone else, and still asking why nothing comes back to them. Others are the second kneeling man, the one not yet paid, and the card says the hand is about to turn toward them.

This is a card I like to see before money work. It says there is a source, a person or a place where money can actually come from: a raise, a buyer, a debt repaid. My work is to make sure the scales tip your way when the coins drop, and that what comes in arrives without strings.

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Questions

What people ask about Six of Pentacles

Is the Six of Pentacles a yes or no card?

Yes. Upright, the help, money or kindness you are asking about comes in. Reversed it is a no, because the giving is lopsided or comes with strings attached.

What does the Six of Pentacles mean in love?

A fair, generous exchange. Both people give, and support goes both ways. It can also show one partner helping the other, without keeping score.

What does the Six of Pentacles reversed mean?

Imbalance. One person gives and the other takes, or help comes with conditions that cost more than it gives. Debt and strings attached are the usual themes.

Does the Six of Pentacles mean money is coming?

Often, yes. It points to money or help from another person: a raise, a gift, a loan, a payment owed. It is less often a windfall and more often someone deciding to give.