Eight of Pentacles

Eight of Pentacles — the suit of earth, of money, work and the body.

An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.

Divinatory meaning

Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage.

Reversed

Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious mind turned to cunning and intrigue. [Illustration]

From The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, A. E. Waite, page 58 of the library’s copy. The words are Waite’s.

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