Ace of pentacles Tarot Card Meanings

Minor Arcana Tarot

Ace of pentacles Tarot Card Meanings

Upright Card Meaning

The purest distillation of opportunity is found in the Ace of Pentacles. This is a blessing on any new venture that you have planned. You are happy and secure in your own powers. You have the kind of confidence that comes from knowing what you want, and your pure manifestations have resulted in an opportunity that could allow you to reach your wildest dreams.
However, it is worth thinking about what opportunities actually are. Most opportunities are not spontaneous, they are not given out at random. And once opportunities are given, they are easily squandered by the ill prepared person.
Your period of happiness and prosperity is not due to some random boon from the universe, although you may have received some luck and assistance along the way. Your drive and hard work positioned you in a place where you could best receive this opportunity. Your intelligence has equipped you with the skills to best make use of a gift from fate that you have manifested. Keep those skills with you going forward.

Minor Arcana Tarot

Ace of pentacles Tarot Card Meanings

Reversed Card Meaning

The opportunity that was promised has never been given, or was cruelly snatched away. Instead of prosperity, you are finding yourself in a period of misery and loss. The Ace of Pentacles reversed can be a cruel card indeed.
However, the fates did not randomly choose to inflict misery on you by taking away your opportunity. The Ace of Pentacles reversed represents a way in which you squandered your own future. Perhaps you were too reliant on luck, and did not bother to work on your planning and skills. If you did not work to be in the right position to receive the gift of fate, then you only have yourself to blame for having to work harder to get what you want.
Or, the Ace of Pentacles reversed could represent the corrupting effect of such a windfall. Perhaps a sudden new opportunity has made you selfish, vindictive and cruel towards others, including many who have helped you before. Careful as you proceed down this path, fate does not choose its lucky recipients again if they prove to be unworthy the first time.