Western Tarot symbolism
Nine of Pentacles
The source places a woman with a bird on her wrist among abundant grapevines in a manorial garden. It suggests, rather than asserts, that the domain may be hers and may signify material well-being. The main list gives prudence and accomplishment, while the additional list makes fulfilment depend on neighbouring cards. Their reversed assignments differ between deception or a voided project and vain hopes.
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In the sources
The card account
LiteraryThe source places a woman with a bird on her wrist among abundant grapevines in a manorial garden. It suggests, rather than asserts, that the domain may be hers and may signify material well-being.
Comparing the lists
LiteraryThe main list gives prudence and accomplishment, while the additional list makes fulfilment depend on neighbouring cards. Their reversed assignments differ between deception or a voided project and vain hopes.
Context & interpretation
The active library scan carries L. W. de Laurence’s name and reproduces material associated with A. E. Waite’s Tarot exposition. This entry follows that supplied edition’s card prose and supplementary lists. Historical divinatory assignments and period character labels are distinguished from the pictured symbolism and from independently supported judgements about people or future events.
Original passages
Source 1
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
Possibly it is her own possession and testifies to material well-being. Divinntory Meanings: Prudence, safety, success, accomplishment, certitude, discernment. Reversed: Roguery, deception, voided project, bad faith.Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Illustrated Key to the Tarot, supplied de Laurence edition; card description, active reader leaf 139
Exact supplied-edition extracted passage actually read; whitespace-normalised quotation anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Image descriptions attributed to printed prose; no new full-plate visual inspection asserted.
- Edition
- IMJ-0149-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0149-E001-P0139
- Original scan leaf
- 145
- Recorded leaf number
- 145
- Current Reader position
- 139
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
Nine.—Prompt fulfilment of what is presaged by neighboring cards. Reversed: Vain hopes. Eight.—A young man in business who has relations with the Querent; a dark girl.Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Illustrated Key to the Tarot, supplied de Laurence edition; additional meanings, active reader leaf 152
Exact supplied-edition extracted passage actually read; whitespace-normalised quotation anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Image descriptions attributed to printed prose; no new full-plate visual inspection asserted.
- Edition
- IMJ-0149-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0149-E001-P0152
- Original scan leaf
- 158
- Recorded leaf number
- 158
- Current Reader position
- 152
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Illustrations
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