Four of Pentacles

The Four of Pentacles Quote

"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death."
James F. Byrnes (1879 - 1972)

Meaning upright

Having enough money, possessions, enlarging your security, working together, beg companies, being a smart businessman, spending a lot of money, building on a secure foundation, structural income, lots of bills, ensuring your future, well thought action, your home, carefully deciding on what you?re spending your money, being oldfashioned, emotionally blocked, boring job, hanging on to trusted things, fear that is holding you back in your development. 

Meaning reversed

Sacrifice, making crucial mistakes with your money and other posessions, spending too much money, folly, impatience, snarling, waste, shopping addiction, losing your security, disconnecting from the world, being fired, being afraid, chaos, loss of confidence, financial crisis.

The Four of Pentacles in your reading

You?re focus is on keeping what you have. Even if they are things or circumstances that are not good for you. Try to see that you do that because you are afraid of letting go, especially when you?re not sure yet what will take it?s place. But emptiness can be freeing and from nothingness beautiful things can be created. That is why I urged you not to be too tenacious or conservative. I advice that you let in some fresh air into the atrophied situation you?re in.

Especially when you?re been working hard at your situation it is hard to let it go. It has become your ?baby?. Sometimes it helps to ask someone else to help you. Know that you cannot ?just? do what you have to do but that it is just a little bit more difficult than you might think. All successes are created from low and high points. There is nothing wrong with that, because with every step you take, it is becoming better than standing still like you?re doing right now. 

This card shows that you know perfectly well what needs to be done. It could be that you already know which steps to make towards your goal or that you are capable of bringing projects to a succesful finish. Don?t hold yourself back because you are afraid or insecure.

Sometimes this card shows you that you are not willing to connect emotionally to the issues as hand. It could be that you are afraid to lose what you have. Know that when you are not connected with your heart you will disconnect the small fiber that is still there. Don?t do that to yourself and turn towards what life is offering you.