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Pentacles · Minor Arcana

Seven of Pentacles

Farmer leaning on a hoe, looking at the seven pentacles on the vine.

The Seven of Pentacles tarot card, Rider–Waite–Smith deck
Rider–Waite–Smith deck, 1909 - public domain

Seven of Pentacles upright

The crop is growing; he's done his part for the season. The Seven of Pentacles is the patient assessment.

Resist the urge to rip it up and start over. The card rewards waiting for the harvest you've actually grown, even if it's slower than you hoped.

Seven of Pentacles reversed

Reversed, frustration with the slow return - or recognising that the effort wasn't aimed where it should have been.

Keywords

  • patience
  • long-term investment
  • assessment
  • slow return
  • labor

Where this reading comes from

Meaning authored from the Rider-Waite-Smith reader tradition rather than copied from any single modern source.

Common questions

What does Seven of Pentacles mean?
Farmer leaning on a hoe, looking at the seven pentacles on the vine. The crop is growing; he's done his part for the season. The Seven of Pentacles is the patient assessment.
What does Seven of Pentacles mean reversed?
Reversed, frustration with the slow return - or recognising that the effort wasn't aimed where it should have been.
Is Seven of Pentacles a good card to draw?
Seven of Pentacles belongs to the pentacles suit, which deals with money, body and material craft. No card is simply good or bad; what it means depends on the question and where it lands in the spread.

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