Tarot card

Four of Pentacles

Four of Pentacles: security gained by holding tightly to what has been accumulated. The card joins the earth nature of Pentacles to its place in the numbered sequence.

2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 without a cited source · Four of Pentacles in full

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The oldest attribution here is Sephirah and number Chesed, first attested 1888 CE.

Sephirah and number

  • Chesed

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    The Fours settle the suit into order and stability. Its force has found a form that can be established and held.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — General meanings of the small cards under the Sephiroth, p. 27

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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Suit and element

  • Earth

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    Pentacles express the powers of Earth: material conditions, labour, resources, embodiment and practical consequence.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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