Like we talked about above, the Nine of Pentacles is a great invitation to explore your material and external world and what it means to you. As well as exploring your ideas around the perfect life and living a life of material success and abundance.

For Nine of Pentacles, this invitation could be the following:

• An invitation to assess whether your self-reliance is one of strength or one grounded in a lack of trust

• An invitation to practise more self-discipline in order to reach your goals

• An invitation to be mindful of how much work you’re putting in and whether you need to take a short break to recharge

• An invitation to address the reasons for your desires and goals, what are the motivators behind them?

As advice, the Nine of Pentacles can give us guidance around really seeing the bigger picture. With this card, we are encouraged to really review how we see our own world and make connections between the external and internal.

Some advice Nine of Pentacles may offer is:

• Explore your independence more, now that you have the skills and knowledge to support yourself along your journey. Think about what you could achieve and what experiences you could have

• Always take time to enjoy the abundance you have created or manifested for yourself. If you can’t, then constantly striving for more will never bring joy

• Move forward with pure motivations and always make sure you have strong foundations on which to explore and grow

If the Nine of Pentacles shows up to offer you a few lessons, it may be that there are some things you still need to learn about what it means to be resourceful and secure but not inflexible.

Some lessons that Nine of Pentacles may offer you are:

• A lesson in standing firm but also being able to find compromise when needed

• A lesson in gratitude and being able to recognise and enjoy your own abundance

• A lesson in dependency and identifying the right time and place for it

• A lesson in superficial motivations and how to identify them

When the Nine of Pentacles appears as a redirection, you may need to take a little break instead of pushing on to the next big thing.

As a redirection, Nine of Pentacles could symbolise a need to:

• Allow yourself time to simply stop and smell the roses. Your next goal will still be there once you’re done, there is no rush

• Recognise when rest can be an asset to progress

• Be more resourceful instead of trying the same things over and over again and expecting different results

• Be more open and vulnerable so you can ask for help, instead of trying to push forward alone and stressed

If the Eight of Pentacles shows up as an invitation then it may be time to take a look at what skills you’ve mastered over the last year and how those skills are supporting your growth and forward journey.

For Eight of Pentacles, this invitation could be the following: 

• An invitation to implement any plans you’ve had brewing and really put all that planning time to good use

• An invitation to review the quality of your work and value quality over quantity

• An invitation to maintain your current diligence in order to reach your full potential

• An invitation to review your journey so far and notice the difference between the person you used to be and the person you are now

More than anything the Eight of Pentacles gives advice around diligence and hard work. A lot of us give up before we get to the point where we really get into the swing of things, usually because things are taking too long. However, embodying this type of focus and patience is something that can really support you long term.

Some advice Eight of Pentacles may offer is:

• Keep going, you are very close to reaching your goal but you have to keep your head down and maintain your momentum

• Work harder not smarter, just because you’re always busy doesn’t mean you are any more advanced than someone that manages their time and work-life balance effectively

• Commit to reaching the finish line, no matter how hard the road has been so far

Similarly to the advice that the Eight of Pentacles offers, the lessons we can learn from it can help us to form a really good and strong foundation for all other matters in life moving forward.

Some lessons that Eight of Pentacles may offer you are:

• A lesson in diligence and what it means to commit for the long haul

• A lesson in perfect planning and how much difference it can make to success

• A lesson in getting the highest quality out of life

• A lesson in what it takes to gather experience and real-world wisdom

When the Eight of Pentacles shows up as a redirection it may be that you have been pushing too hard for too long and now face burnout or disinterest.

As a redirection, Eight of Pentacles could symbolise a need to:

• Take a step back to rest and really see how far you’ve come, instead of trying to push forward and threaten making a silly mistake

• Re-adjust your focus and make sure you are concentrating on the right areas of your life

• Leave the planning stage and start getting your hands dirty

• Acknowledge the skills and strengths you already have and think about how they could support you as you move forward

The Seven of Pentacles as an invitation looks at inviting us to assess our material world and how it is working. We’re asked to see if there’s anyways we could work differently to make things more efficient or to streamline processes.

For Seven of Pentacles, this invitation could be the following:

• An invitation assess all the work you’ve done to get to this point and find a way to be proud of yourself for your hard work

• An invitation to reflect on the past and see how you’ve grown and developed during that time

• An invitation to embrace patience and allow things to develop in their own time

• An invitation to see if you could manage your time and schedule more efficiently

If the Seven of Pentacles comes up to offer you some wise words of advice, they may revolve around your perspective and mindset that you’ve developed around your material world.

Some advice Seven of Pentacles may offer is:

• Don’t let delays derail you completely, a derailment just means things may take a little longer than scheduled, it doesn’t mean that they will never happen

• If we never stop to admire the results of our hard work, we’ll always be chasing the next achievement in a detached and distant manner

• If you’ve not seen the outcome you were hoping for, it may be time to look at the road you took to get here and try to identify areas that you could have done things differently

The Seven of Pentacles contains a lot of lessons about time and the reality of time. Especially these days, we want instant gratification but that’s not how the real world works, the offline world works slower.

Some lessons that Seven of Pentacles may offer you are:

• A lesson in patience and allowing things to unfold organically

• A lesson in how to assess yourself and hold yourself accountable

• A lesson in managing your own expectations

• A lesson in making decisions based on evaluations you’ve made

If the Seven of Pentacles appears as a redirection, it may be that you’ve reached a fork in the road and the path you thought you would take doesn’t look like the right way forward anymore.

As a redirection, Seven of Pentacles could symbolise a need to:

• Assess the pros and cons of what came before and look at different avenues for moving forward that you may not have thought about before

• Switch your focus to something else for a while and let your hard work unfold for itself, instead of micro-managing it

• Prepare for the next level of your journey instead of constantly turning over old ground

If the Six of Pentacles shows up as an invitation, it can be asking us to really sit in this balanced energy, to take a deep breath and regroup.

For Six of Pentacles, this invitation could be the following:

• An invitation to accept charity when it is offered, there is no shame in accepting help when you need it most

• An invitation to read all the small print before making any big commitments

• An invitation to share your good fortune with others in order to attract more to yourself

• An invitation to give as good as you get, whether that’s positive or negative energy

The Six of Pentacles can appear as advice when we have just come out of a heavy period of our journey. It can often be a helping hand that leads us back on the right path.

Some advice Six of Pentacles may offer is:

• We don’t have to suffer alone, if you have the opportunity for external help or support, take it without hesitation

• Use this time to look back at how far you’ve come, what you’ve done to clamber your way to where you are right now and be proud of all the hard work you’ve accomplished

• Find confidence in your current position, you deserve to be where you are and it’s important to not let anyone make you feel otherwise

If there are lessons to be learned from the Six of Pentacles they will most likely be lessons around give and take, creating equilibrium and fighting for what you know you deserve.

Some lessons that Six of Pentacles may offer you are:

• A lesson in true inequality and recognising your privilege

• A lesson in aligning your external world with your internal one to achieve positive results

• A lesson in the joy and fulfilment in generosity and giving back

• A lesson in accepting help in spite of your ego telling you not to

When the Six of Pentacles comes up as a redirection it may be that you need to practice more gratitude for what you have in the present, instead of trying to constantly achieve the next thing on your list.

As a redirection, Six of Pentacles could symbolise a need to:

• Find a new avenue of support, whether that be getting a loan, asking for help or support from those closest to you or even signing up for a new club or hobby to help with your wellbeing

• Change your perspective and start to see your privilege instead of playing the victim

• Be more careful when making big commitments instead of going in blindly

When the Five of Pentacles shows up as an invitation, it is usually an invitation to assess and review your reactions to certain things. You need to look at how you’re viewing your life and make adjustments to invite more positivity.

For Five of Pentacles, this invitation could be the following:

• An invitation to start breaking down your biggest worries to try and find what the root cause of them are and start to treat them from the source

• An invitation to put your wellbeing first in order to better your overall health

• An invitation to readjust your money mindsets and start to create an abundance mindset instead of a lack mindset

• An invitation to notice areas of resistance and explore why it’s there

If the Five of Pentacles pops up to offer some advice, it’s most likely going to be around matters of home, health, family and finances and the common concerns that often accompany them.

Some advice Five of Pentacles may offer is:

• We can ease the stress and pressure from intense situations by shifting our focus and trying to find more optimism in dark situations

• Don’t be your own enemy, listen to your gut, treat yourself with kindness and don’t be harder on yourself than you would be on others

• Don’t allow worries to completely consume your life

• Trust that all bad things must pass and there will be a lift in your situation soon after

When the Five of Pentacles appears as a lesson we can often be taught how to effectively handle the ups and downs that come with living a normal life.

Some lessons that Five of Pentacles may offer you are:

• A lesson in finding spaces in order to rest and recuperate

• A lesson in knowing how to navigate worries and concerns so they don’t consume you

• A lesson in overcoming internal resistance

• A lesson in attracting positive change

If the Five of Pentacles appears to try and redirect you on your path, it’s most likely because you are the curator of your own suffering. The Buddhist concept of wanting and desire often applies to this card, the idea being that the more we want things to be bigger and better, the least likely we are to be happy with what we have already (that’s a very basic breakdown, I highly recommend researching it more!).

As a redirection, Five of Pentacles could symbolise a need to:

• Find a way to be grateful for what you have already, in order to start attracting more of it

• Actively act with more positivity and optimism

• Take a break in order to look after your well-being for a while

• Fight for what you believe you deserve instead of accepting the lot you have been handed