Nine of Pentacles

PrudenceSafetySuccessAccomplishment

Upright

Prudence, safety, success, accomplishment, certitude, discernment.

Reversed

Roguery, deception, voided project, bad faith.

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

The picture

A woman, with a bird upon her wrist, stands amidst a great abundance of grapevines in the garden of a manorial house. It is a wide domain, suggesting plenty in all things. Possibly it is her own possession and testifies to material well-being.

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

Older readings

Prompt fulfilment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards. Reversed: Vain hopes.

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.