Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Seven of Pentacles

Pausing to see what grew.

Pause to review your efforts. Growth takes time.

patience
assessment
long view

Element: Earth

What the card shows

A farmer leans on his hoe and looks at a bush bearing seven coins. A work of effort has already been done.

Seven is the number of trial. After planting and tending, the farmer pauses and looks. The coins have grown but are not yet harvested, so the question is whether to keep waiting.

▲Upright

A pause to assess the results of long effort.

Lightpatience, assessment, long-term thinking

Shadowimpatience, doubting your effort

LoveTaking stock of what a long investment has produced.

WorkReviewing progress and deciding on the next step.

Is the growth I see worth continuing for?

▼Reversed

Frustration at slow progress, or giving up too early.

Blocked: impatience.

Excess: overworking.

Fading: losing faith in the work.

What have I actually built so far?

Seven of Pentacles in a reading

In love

Taking stock of what a long investment has produced.

Reversed: Frustration at slow progress, or giving up too early.

At work

Reviewing progress and deciding on the next step.

Its shadow side: impatience, doubting your effort.

As one of the Pentacles

Work, money and the body. The suit's element is Earth. It shows where in daily life the reading plays out.

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The other sevens, and The Chariot, Major Arcana card 7: the same stage of a story in other parts of life.

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What does Seven of Pentacles mean in tarot?

A pause to assess the results of long effort. Keywords: patience, assessment, long view.

What does Seven of Pentacles mean reversed?

Frustration at slow progress, or giving up too early. Blocked: impatience. Excess: overworking. Fading: losing faith in the work.

What does Seven of Pentacles mean in love?

Taking stock of what a long investment has produced.

What does Seven of Pentacles mean for work?

Reviewing progress and deciding on the next step.

What question does Seven of Pentacles ask?

Upright: Is the growth I see worth continuing for? Reversed: What have I actually built so far?

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