The deck · Pentacles · Earth

Queen of Pentacles, from the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Queen of Pentacles

OpulenceGenerosityMagnificenceSecurity

Upright

Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.

Reversed

Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.

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

The picture

The face suggests that of a dark woman, whose qualities might be summed up in the idea of greatness of soul; she has also the serious cast of intelligence; she contemplates her symbol and may see worlds therein.

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

Older readings

Dark woman; presents from a rich relative; rich and happy marriage for a young man. Reversed: An illness.

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.