Six of Pentacles
Upright
Presents, gifts, gratification; another account says attention, vigilance; now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.
Reversed
Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2The picture
A person in the guise of a merchant weighs money in a pair of scales and distributes it to the needy and distressed. It is a testimony to his own success in life, as well as to his goodness of heart.
Older readings
The present must not be relied on. Reversed: A check on the Querent's ambition.
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.
