Three of Pentacles

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

A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has received his reward and is now at work in earnest.

Divinatory meaning

Métier, trade, skilled labor; usually, however, regarded as a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory.

Reversed

Mediocrity, in work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness. [Illustration]

From The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, A. E. Waite, page 59 of the library’s copy. The words are Waite’s.

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