Five of Pentacles

Classic tarot card image of Five of Pentacles
  • Finances are getting tighter
  • Prepare for a setback
  • poverty
  • destitution
  • need
  • crisis

Upright

  • Recognizing your needs and taking action to fulfill them
  • Doing as much as you can do with what little you have
  • Admitting you need help
  • Embracing the aid that comes your way
  • Focusing on what you have versus what you don't
  • Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel

Reversed

  • Exaggerating your financial or physical needs
  • Adopting a poverty mentality
  • Refusing to support yourself
  • Refusing offers of support
  • Playing the martyr
  • Turning down opportunities to improve your health or finances
  • Wallowing in misery