Two of Pentacles
Upright
On the one hand it is represented as a card of gaiety, recreation and its connexions, which is the subject of the design; but it is read also as news and messages in writing, as obstacles, agitation, trouble, embroilment.
Reversed
Enforced gaiety, simulated enjoyment, literal sense, handwriting, composition, letters of exchange.
A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2The picture
A young man, in the act of dancing, has a pentacle in either hand, and they are joined by that endless cord which is like the number 8 reversed.
Older readings
Troubles are more imaginary than real. Reversed: Bad omen, ignorance, injustice.
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.
