6 of pentacles
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 01 Jun 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| martyn_uk |
01 Jun 2005 |
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How do you view the 6 of pentacles?
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| Scorpion |
01 Jun 2005 |
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Aha - another trick question!
I guess I'd better explain that, while I have memorised the basic meanings (RWS version) of the cards, I now let the artwork talk. If I had the Ancient Egyptian in front of me, I'd give a completely different answer than if I were looking at the Robin Wood, say.
But basically, I see it as a card of careful giving: literally balancing out what you can afford. Sometimes it can seem that the begging hands are overwhelming - so you have to be able to say "no" and mean it. Other thoughts include being aware that giving isn't always good for the recipient (or the giver, of course - could indicate that energy needs to be carefully husbanded). I don't necessarily see pentacles as indicating financial means - more often health and emotional security: one can affect the other.
Ummm... think I've run out of ideas for now.
[ps - and of course there's going to be the "what about the other cards around it" aspect, but i'll let someone else bring that up!]
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| MercyMe |
01 Jun 2005 |
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When this card (RWS versions) has appeared in relationship spreads it tends to bring attention to the fact that one person seems to be giving more than the other, and it has sometimes indicated a codependent dynamic going on where the giver needs to feel needed and creates a dependency on the recipient. It's a calculated giving in the sense that it is a giving in order to receive, even if what is received is a feeling of superiority or control.
~Mercy
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| Scorpion |
01 Jun 2005 |
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Oh yes, thanks for bringing that up, MercyMe - I'd completely forgotten that aspect of it.
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| TrueStar |
01 Jun 2005 |
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I have struggled for a long time with the meaning of this card. It used to pop up in relation spreads.
Now I understand it as pointing a dependence in relation to a certain business or in a relation; it must be decided by the reader which side is the depentent one, and which is the side that creates the dependence. In my experience the meaning of this card has showed itself as one person expecting other to react in a certain behavior, or, in more material terms, expecting to receive money or help from another source. The point is that the dependent can't manage to do a certain thing by his own. All is up to a receibe/give interaction between to parts, or may be more.
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| Emeraldgirl |
02 Jun 2005 |
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Aha - another trick question!
I guess I'd better explain that, while I have memorised the basic meanings (RWS version) of the cards, I now let the artwork talk. If I had the Ancient Egyptian in front of me, I'd give a completely different answer than if I were looking at the Robin Wood, say.
I read the same way. Most of the RWS based deck's 6 of Pentacles show the same sort of picture. I tend to think of the dependency issues and also being careful while generous. Only giving away what you can afford to as opposed to giving away it all.
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| Emeraldgirl |
02 Jun 2005 |
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Also I have had a spread where the people receiving the bounty came across as addicts greedily grasping for what they could (using the Gilded deck where you see no people just the hands of the beggars). Although that was relying a bit on intuition as well for the reading (it came out that it related to the querent's brother)
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| martyn_uk |
02 Jun 2005 |
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does anyone see the card as someone deserving something more than the other?
in the morgan-greer you see two hands reaching up and the person who is in the position to give looks indecisive about who to help.
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| Little Baron |
02 Jun 2005 |
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Interesting point Martyn; especially since the scales are there, suggesting balance; maybe reminding us to share with the other guy as well - in the Universal waite deck I am looking at, the scales to tip just slightly in the favour of the guy on the left. The man on the right looks less well off than the one on the right (the patches on his clothes). Maybe it suggests that there are more well deserving causes than what we are giving to. Maybe someone else needs your help more than others - emotionally as well as financially. It is right under this merchants nose, but he does not seem to notice.
LB
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| psychic sue |
02 Jun 2005 |
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I see this as a card as giving or receiving.
Many times I have seen this card when a windfall has been received.
Sue x
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| Alta |
02 Jun 2005 |
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I see it more like Sue's post. This card can be giving or receiving, depending on how the figures strike you in the reading, or the context. I have read in books that it can refer to the an inbalance even to the point of masochism in a relationship (not seen this personally).
It can be giving and receiving loans, even from a bank or other instituation.
Whatever form, to me it a transfer of material resources one way or the other. with all of the attendant feeling values that usually entails.
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| Inana |
02 Jun 2005 |
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I see it very similar.
Six of coins is about acting with love and seeking balance in the material realm. So it means being generous and helping the others, taking care of ill persons. Sharing time, knowledge and resources. Supporting the others in their endeavours.
From the other side, also means those times when one needs someone’s help or ask for a favour.
And in last instance, it has showed up to me for job offerings with a miserable salary or conditions (lack of balance in the equation work/benefices)...
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