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The Six of Pentacles serves as both a lesson about the importance of maintaining balance and of remaining modest. It symbolizes both the ease with which one feels the ability to be generous during times of prosperity and also the problematic aspects of this generosity. The card also serves to underscore how much more effective our actions can be when decentered from the ego.
The Six of Pentacles is not only about generosity, but specifically material generosity, as shown by the merchant. The scales point to this being an act of rebalancing, too, not one of sacrifice.
This card’s contribution to an overall reading can be viewed as either a reminder not to let one’s negative emotions undermine the good that one can do with one’s prosperity, or else it can be seen as a call to action to nurture those around you and to aid in their commercial success. It also represents working toward a goal without rushing and valuing the process of mastery without claiming success before actualizing it.
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Interpretation
First, remember that the card is closely linked to social success and financial fulfillment. Your labors are finally bearing fruit. From now on you should be experiencing a long-lasting period of comfort. And you intend to enjoy it without further delay.
Now that you are well protected from need, your goal is not to continue accumulating wealth unnecessarily. You are aware that financial success is only one facet of your well-being and are determined to develop others. Which is why you're not hesitating to get involved in causes the are important to you or to offer help to those who need it. You believe that, as far as possible, your money must be shared. Your loved ones will be the first beneficiaries of your charitable attitude.
On the other hand, in certain draw configurations, the Six of Pentacles testifies to the financial difficulties you are currently experiencing. If that's your case, put your pride to one side and seek help from someone who is luckier than you. Just show your gratitude and don't forget to pay off your debt when you can.
Ask yourself
•This card’s reminder of modesty in generosity implies that less good is done when it is conspicuous, especially when it is easy. Who might have been generous toward you recently without expecting reward, and how might you learn from their example?
•When giving, how can you work to ensure that your generosity does not become an opportunity for you to perform for public applause, and how might that help you to make more of it?
•This card can have the additional meaning of placing a check on one’s own ambition for a greater good. How might your energies be redirected to helping others right now, and is it possible that doing so might be in everyone’s long-term best interests?
La symbolique de la Tempérance
• Pentacles : The pentacles in the sky symbolize ideals not put into practice on the ground level but also the potential for such harmony.
• The Supplicants : Others whose needs compel action; those less fortunate people in your life you support and assist.
• Scales : The traditional scales of balance and justice, here shown slightly off balance, with their excess on one side being redistributed to bring them back.
• The Merchant : One’s commercial presence or professional personality, signifying a transaction that is material and not spiritual. Additionally, shrewdness gained from experience regardless of one's possessions.
• Coins : Blessing through sharing; raising up the self by allowing others to participate in one's good fortune.
The Six of Pentacles has a unique place in the Minor Arcana. It symbolizes the ease with which generosity comes when one is prosperous, but it also symbolizes the good it nevertheless does when it is performed with modesty.
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