Four of Pentacles

Surety of possessionsGiftLegacyInheritance

Upright

The surety of possessions, cleaving to that which one has, gift, legacy, inheritance. Reversed; Suspense, delay, opposition.

Reversed

Waite gives no reversed meaning for this card.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

The picture

A crowned figure, having a pentacle over his crown, clasps another with hands and arms; two pentacles are under his feet. He holds to that which he has.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

Older readings

For a bachelor, pleasant news from a lady. Reversed: Observation, hindrances.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §4. Waite collected these and says they often disagree with the main meanings.

Waite wrote in 1911 and some of his meanings show it. Tarot is a tradition of reflection, not a prediction, and no card decides anything for you.