Western Tarot symbolism
Suit of Pentacles
The book identifies Pentacles with Deniers or Money and places them among the four suits. As with each suit, ten numbered cards are joined by four court ranks. The Two depicts a dancing figure holding linked pentacles. Its readings mix recreation with messages, obstacles, and agitation, showing that material exchange can require continuous adjustment.
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Principal account
LiteraryThe book identifies Pentacles with Deniers or Money and places them among the four suits. As with each suit, ten numbered cards are joined by four court ranks.
Further detail
LiteraryThe Two depicts a dancing figure holding linked pentacles. Its readings mix recreation with messages, obstacles, and agitation, showing that material exchange can require continuous adjustment.
Context & interpretation
The active library scan carries L. W. de Laurence’s name and reproduces material associated with A. E. Waite’s Tarot exposition. Its symbolic descriptions and divinatory lists are distinct registers, and neither provides a guaranteed prediction.
Original passages
Source 1
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
Alsatian bludgeon; and, finally, Pentacles—called also Deniers and Money—which are the prototypes of Spades. In the old as in the new suits, thereOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Western Tarot symbolism; active reader leaf 25
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- IMJ-0149-E001
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- IMJ-0149-E001-P0025
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- 30
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- 25
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Source 2
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
a pentacle in either hand, and they are joined by that endless cord which is like the number 8 reversed. Divinatory Meanings: On the one hand itOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Western Tarot symbolism; active reader leaf 146
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0149-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0149-E001-P0146
- Original scan leaf
- 152
- Recorded leaf number
- 152
- Current Reader position
- 146
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- Matches the reviewed Reader
Continue exploring
Two of Pentacles
Dancing and an endless cord coexist with a less cheerful list of messages and troubles.
Same subject and traditionSuit of Cups
Vessels of nourishment, relationship, and emotional exchange.
Same subject and traditionSuit of Swords
A suit of force, discernment, tension, and qualified harmony.
Same subject and traditionSuit of Wands
Tarot’s staff-bearing suit, with images of enterprise and contested achievement.