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King of Pentacles

King Pentacles

Upright

╭────────────────────────╮
│    KING · PENTACLES    │
│                        │
│          ╭┬┬┬╮         │
│           ╰┴┴╯         │
│           │o o│        │
│         ┌┴───┴┐        │
│           │ ◎ │        │
│         ╰──╥──╯        │
│                        │
╰────────────────────────╯
  • prosperity
  • dependability
  • mastery
  • steadiness

A throne of harvested vines, the garden heavy with fruit. The King of Pentacles is quiet wealth-mastery: the provider who builds things that last, generous because he is secure.

Reversed

╭────────────────────────╮
│    KING · PENTACLES    │
│                        │
│          ╭┬┬┬╮         │
│           ╰┴┴╯         │
│           │o o│        │
│         ┌┴───┴┐        │
│           │ ◎ │        │
│         ╰──╥──╯        │
│                        │
│      ‡ REVERSED ‡      │
╰────────────────────────╯
  • greed
  • materialism
  • control heavy-handed

The vault door groans instead of the gate. Accumulation over nourishment, heavy-handed control, status exhausting the very thing it promised. Wealth serves — or it isn't wealth.