Tarot card

Five of Pentacles

Five of Pentacles: material hardship and exclusion occurring beside possible shelter. 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 with no source located · Five of Pentacles in full

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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Earth, first attested 1888 CE.

Suit and element

  • Earth

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    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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Sephirah and number

  • Geburah

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    The Fives bring resistance. The suit's growing force meets conflict, obstruction and the test of whether it can continue under strain.

    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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