Pentacles · minor arcana · Earth
The Six of Pentacles tarot card meaning: upright, giving and receiving, charity and balance in exchange; reversed, strings attached, debt or an imbalance of power in giving. Its Rider–Waite picture shows six pentacles.
Waite, Pictorial Key to the Tarot, 1911; Golden Dawn, Book T.
Giving and receiving, charity and balance in exchange. Resources flow between those who have and those who need.
The Six of Pentacles is giving and receiving: generosity, charity and sharing resources fairly. It covers loans, donations, fair wages and any exchange where resources move between people.
Strings attached, debt or an imbalance of power in giving.
Reversed, the exchange is unequal: debt, strings attached, or one-sided generosity. Watch for help that comes with conditions or control.
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“Presents, gifts, gratification; another account says attention, vigilance; now is the accepted time, present prosperity, etc.”
“Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.”
The Six of Pentacles sits where the Sixes row crosses the Pentacles column; its cell shows Moon in Taurus, the Book T decan.
How this card is built
Golden Dawn correspondences
In Book T (1888) the Six of Pentacles is the Moon in Taurus: the second decan of Taurus, 10°–20°. In 2026 the Sun passes through it from Apr 30 to May 10, (UTC).
| Book T decan | Moon in Taurus |
|---|---|
| Zodiac span | 10°–20° Taurus decan 2 of 3 |
| Sun in this decan, 2026 | Apr 30 – May 10, 2026 UTC |
| Sign | Taurus Sun there Apr 20 – May 21, 2026 |
| Other decans of Taurus | Five of Pentacles Mercury, 0°–10° Seven of Pentacles Saturn, 20°–30° |
| Major arcana card of Taurus | The Hierophant |
The Taurus page lists the modern decan rulers (Venus, Mercury, Saturn); Book T keeps the older Chaldean order — Mercury, Moon, Saturn.
Data, not interpretation
Few cards come up more often in 2026: the Six of Pentacles is drawn 8 times against an even share of 4.7, three times reversed — joint 6th of 78, level with 5 other cards. Not one lands during its decan.
Dates in 2026: Feb 23 · Mar 26 · Apr 2 · Jun 5 · Jun 7 (reversed) · Sep 19 · Oct 24 (reversed) · Nov 17 (reversed)
The image
A merchant holding a pair of scales drops coins into the hands of one of two people kneeling before him.
Upright, a balanced, generous relationship. Reversed, an imbalance of giving.
They feel generous toward you and want to give.
Fair pay, investment, sponsorship or mentoring.
Yes. Upright it counts as a yes in a yes-or-no spread; reversed, it leans toward no, usually as a “not yet” rather than a flat no. Most of the Pentacles give the same answer: 10 of the 14 say yes. All four Sixes answer yes.
Health: like every card of Pentacles, it points to the body itself, routine and material conditions. The suit of Pentacles →
If you drew it today
Give freely and fairly, and notice who holds the scales.
How neighboring cards change the reading of the Six of Pentacles →
Statements of fact on this page were checked against these sources in October 2026. How we choose and check sources: editorial policy.
AstroHot. “Six of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning: Upright and Reversed.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/tarot/cards/six-of-pentacles/
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