Pentacles · 13

Queen of Pentacles

Practical care. The Queen of Pentacles tends people and resources in the same gesture — warmth expressed as competence, the person who notices you have not eaten.

Element: Earth
Arcana: Minor

nurturing
practical
providing financially
a working parent

The harder edge

Caring practically for everyone is a real gift and a good way of never being looked after.

Queen of Pentacles by position

The same card says something different depending on where it lands in a spread.

As the foundationwhere this came from: Someone looked after the practical ground here. It is why things held.
As the currentwhat is live now: Attend to the material basics — sleep, money, food. They are the issue.
As what is formingthe near horizon: Things become more grounded and better cared for.
As a single cardwhat to carry this week: Take care of your body this week as attentively as you would someone else's.

The question this card asks

Who is tending you?

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