Minor ArcanaPentacles#4
protectionconservationpreservationsafety
Four of Pentacles
A rainy day is coming—it's time to save
Light
- Saving for a rainy day
- Fasting as part of a spiritual practice
- Dieting in an effort to improve your body
- Abstaining from sex as a way of honoring a spiritual tradition or personal promise
- Being financially conservative
- Establishing a trust fund
- Opening a savings account
Shadow
- Being stingy
- Refusing to spend money that needs to be spent
- Withholding sex from your partner
- Taking care of your own needs exclusively, without regard for the needs of others
- Spending a dollar to save a penny
- Failing to be a good manager of the blessings you've been given
Mystical Correspondences
Numerology
4 (The Status Quo: stability, equality, persistence)
Astrology
Sun in Capricorn
Affirmation
"I use my resources wisely."
Questions to Ask
- 1.What factors determine how conservative or generous you are?
- 2.What kinds of things must be preserved at all costs?
- 3.When is greediness or stinginess a good trait to have? When might generosity work against you?
