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General Introduction
The 5 of Pentacles will often appear when you are not at your best. You may even be feeling a little vulnerable, and if not exactly vulnerable then certainly not as secure as you would like to feel.
It is a card about feeling left out in the cold; feeling as if everyone else is happy and has everything they want and need and you don’t.
Whereas the five is not exactly a positive card it is not always entirely negative either. It is a reminder that you should always try to do the best you can with what you have. And if you still feel that you are struggling to reach out and ask for help. It may not always be there of course, but a lot of the time it will be and when it is you may be surprised at the help available.
The old saying of “If you don’t ask, you don’t get!” has more truth to it than you might think.
Friends and Family
It is more than probable that someone you love or at the very least someone you know is going through a particularly hard time emotionally. This may not be immediately obvious to you because there may be no direct cause for the way they are feeling.
It is much more the case that right now they are emotionally in a bad place. Everyone has bad days but sometimes those bad days can hang around and the end result is everything gets on top of you.
You will be able to help but it will not be as simple as you might think. You can’t simply barge in as if it were a TV intervention because you would not be welcome. Ideally they would approach you and ask for help but some people find that easier to do than others. If you don’t get approached then let them know that you care and that you’d be there if they needed you at any time. Don’t make a big deal of it but do try to get the message across if at all possible.
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Love and Relationships
It is not a very good card to get whether you are looking for love, or are already in a relationship. It’s not a dire omen necessarily, but it doesn’t bode well.
If you are looking then it could be that you are being too rigid in what you are looking for in a partner with the result that nobody you meet measures up. Try easing off on the checklist and you may be more successful.
If you have someone in mind but so far nothing positive has happened, or things didn’t happen the way you hoped, or perhaps they didn’t treat you the way you expected then it might be time to close the door on that possibility and start anew. There is always more than just one true love out there.
If you are in a relationship that you thought was committed but things aren’t as rosy as you would like then ask your self if things are truly as bad as you think. It might simply be your perspective right now that is the issue.
If, on the other hand, you are convinced that they are that bad then it might be time to take a long, cold, hard look at where you are. All relationships need to be based on love, equality, respect, and compromise for them to stand the test of time. Are any of those missing?
Spiritual Growth
When times are tough then it can be difficult to see your way forward and that is also true of your spiritual path. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Reach out to others for help in making progress on your current journey. That is not a sign of weakness, and it would be wrong of you to think that they’d simply be doing you a favor.
We are all connected. Allowing them to help you allows them to help themselves too. When you help someone when you don’t have to does that make you feel superior? Or does it simply gladden your heart that you’ve been able to help a fellow human being? The people who can help you will be glad that they could do so.
Work and Career
The 5 of Pentacles can often mean that work is getting on top of you. Perhaps you’ve taken on too much, or perhaps they’ve simply given you more than any one person can handle. Either way you have choices you can make.
You don’t have to stay in a job that has become unworkable and less than healthy if you don’t want to. Ask everyone you know for any suggestions or knowledge they have about other jobs. It may take a while but have faith that things will get better.
It is likely to be a lean time job-wise if you are looking. That doesn’t mean that it will be that way forever though. Things will eventually take a turn for the better and the lean period will end. All you have to do is hang onto that fact and you will get there.
Message from Spirit
Nothing lasts forever and that includes the way things are right now and the way you are feeling. Have faith that things will improve.
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5 of Pentacles Tarot Card Meanings by Tarot Time
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