Back to the deck · No. 48Pentacles
△ Six of Pentacles
Six of Pentacles
- generosity
- the exchange
- giving and receiving
- fair hands
Quick facts
- Deck
- Pentacles
- Number
- No. 48
- Artwork
- Rider-Waite-Smith · 1909
Upright
A merchant balances scales, coins flowing to open hands. Six of Pentacles is the healthy exchange — money, mentorship, help moving in both directions over time. Check your position honestly: this week you are probably the giver. Give without humiliation; receive without groveling. Both hands stay clean when the scales do.
Reversed
Reversed, the scales tip by design: strings on the gift, debt used as leash, or your own refusal to receive keeping the whole system stuck. Either rebalance the flow or step off the scale — charity that costs dignity is just leverage with better lighting.
In love, at work, with money
In love
In love, the Six of Pentacles is the balance of giving and receiving: notice who always gives and who always takes — including you. Generosity with equity, gratitude with honesty. Healthy love keeps the scale moving in both directions.
At work
At work, this is the mentor-and-backed card: sharing what you know, sponsoring someone junior — or receiving sponsorship with grace. Give with fair terms; take with gratitude and repayment in kind.
With money
Money-wise, the Six of Pentacles is structured generosity: the gift, the loan with clear terms, the tip. Give from surplus, receive without shame — and read the scales before you lend.
Common questions
Is the Six of Pentacles a yes or no card?
A generous yes — for charity, loans, help asked or offered. The Six of Pentacles asks only that the scales stay honest: give without strings, receive without pretense.
Why does the Six of Pentacles hold scales?
A rich man weighs his giving in one hand while handing coins with the two beggars below. Prosperity in motion — and the scales remind that fair flows last longer than generous moods.
Reads in combination
- Justice — Six of Pentacles + Justice: generosity with scales — the giving that builds is the kind that balances.
Sources & further reading
Card art: the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot (1909) — public domain originals. Symbol readings follow the original deck's imagery; the meanings are Soulolo's own plain-language interpretations.
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