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More Pentacles Cards:
Ace of Pentacles
2 of Pentacles
3 of Pentacles
4 of Pentacles
5 of Pentacles
6 of Pentacles
7 of Pentacles
8 of Pentacles
9 of Pentacles
10 of Pentacles
Page of Pentacles
Knight of Pentacles
Queen of Pentacles
King of Pentacles

Other Tarot Cards:
Major Arcana Cards
Suit of Cups
Suit of Pentacles
Suit of Swords
Suit of Wands

 

Knight of Pentacles

The "Knights" in the Tarot Deck may also be known by other names (depending on the deck used).
For example, the Golden Dawn Deck includes "Princes" and the Shapeshifter's Tarot includes "Warriors" (not specifically male or female) in place of the "Knights" of the Rider-Waite and Robin Wood decks.

All Court Cards may be interpreted as referring to a person - the card itself including information to identify the individual. Alternatively they may be interpreted symbolically, in which case "Knights" are often understood to represent "Movement" or "Travel" for the Querent (which is another word for the "sitter", or person receiving the reading).

The element of the Knights is "Air". Knights may indicate teenagers - herlading much change, constant activity, yet with a young person's optimism and determination.

The Knight of Pentacles expresses the theme of organization and dedication to duty.

When this Court Card appears in a spread to identify a person to the sitter then the characteristics it conveys include: Young men, dark brown hair, dark eyes, someone who is reliable and methodical, the astrological sign of Virgo. (This is not always the purpose of the appearance of a Court Card in a spread.)

This card may mean that there is much work to be done - which must be organized and then implemented thoroughly. It may also refer to the coming or going of money or material wealth.

 

Keywords summarising the possible meanings of this card include:

  • Hard Working
  • Honourable
  • Mature Man
  • Reliable, Responsible
  • Travel may be indicated
  • Uncomplaining - Stoical.

Remember that all of the Pentacles cards in the Tarot Deck have some energies in common. These include, for example, the overall association of the suit of Pentacles with the element of earth and material concerns. For further information, read about the Suit of Pentacles in general.

Some texts include meanings for "reversed cards", which apply when the cards are shuffled in both order and orientation. This doubles the number of possible "cards" in the deck from 78 to 156. (In terms of the probabilities of obtaining results by chance alone, it is not a simple doubling as once a card has been drawn it cannot be selected again in the opposite orientation in the same reading.)

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