Knight of Pentacles

On a heavy horse that stands completely still, a rider looks at a coin above a plowed field. Waite gives utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility and rectitude, all on the normal, everyday plane.

A slow project or a long-term commitment needs this kind of person. Turn up, do what you said and keep the accounts straight. In a relationship, steady small acts of care can say more than a grand gesture, and they are easier to keep doing.

Reversed, steadiness slides into standing still. Waite lists inertia, idleness, stagnation, discouragement and carelessness, with placidity mixed in.

Routine can hide the fact that you gave up on a goal months ago. Pick the task you have been avoiding and give it twenty minutes today. A job or partnership that has gone flat may need a frank review of what each side wants now.