The deck · Pentacles · Earth

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

Six of Pentacles

PresentsGiftsGratificationVigilance

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 §2

The 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.

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

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.