Two of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning and Art Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
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About the Deck
Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
These cards are featured in my book, "A Concise Guide to the Tarot" by Loren Lundgren. I took the information for the meanings on these tarot cards from "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition Under the Veil of Divination", by A. E. Waite, 1911, now in the public domain. I edited the tarot card descriptions and meanings for clarity and brevity, modernizing the text. I scanned in the original black and white illustrations of the cards drawn by Pamela Colman Smith, from the 1911 book. I digitally retouched and painted those illustrations in detailed color.
Provenance
Loren Lundgren, © 2021
Description
A young man dances with a pentacle in either hand. They are joined by an endless cord: the number 8 on its side.Meaning of Two of Pentacles from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
Elation and recreation; also news and messages in writing, as obstacles; agitation, trouble, entanglement.
Reversed
Enforced fun, simulated enjoyment, handwriting, composition, payment by check.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Difficulty in getting inheritance or good fortune.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Troubles are more imaginary than real.
Reversed
Bad omen, ignorance, injustice.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Embarrassment, Worry, Difficulties
Reversed
Letter, Missive, Epistle, Message.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
terrific forms will appear, but will vanish again; fortune will depart, but will soon return; fortune will at last shower down all her treasures.
