Knight of PentaclesTarot card meaning

What the card shows

A knight sits still on a heavy black workhorse in the middle of plowed fields, holding a coin out and looking at it steadily. His is the only horse in the deck that is not moving. He will arrive after every other knight, carrying everything he promised, having lost nothing on the road.

Knight of Pentacles reversed

The routine became the destination. Reversed, it names stagnation dressed as diligence, the same furrow plowed past usefulness. Lift your eyes from the row occasionally.

Knight of Pentacles in love

In love, the Knight of Pentacles is the one who arrives slowly and stays: still on his black horse, coin in hand, the plowed field ahead. It speaks of a reliable partner who is not exciting, of someone who does what they say, of a love shown through deeds and almost never through words. The card asks whether you know how to receive that. It is often mistaken for lack of passion.

Is Knight of Pentacles a yes or a no?

The Knight of Pentacles answers not yet clear, and says so without getting off his black horse, which stands still over the plowed field. What you ask gets done, but at its own pace, which is slow. It is not a no. It is a "yes, when I finish what I am doing". If you can wait, wait.

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Compare: the same card in all four suits

Cards that often appear with it

• Queen of Pentacles

  The next card in the suit

• Knight of Swords

  The same number in the opposed element

• The Empress

  The Major Arcana that rules this suit's questions

Number and correspondence

In the deck's old correspondences, the Knight of Pentacles belongs to Earth in motion.