Two of Pentacles
The Two of Pentacles is a Minor Arcana Tarot card and the second card of the suit of Pentacles. It is also called the Two of Coins or Two of Disks.
Symbolism
In the Rider–Waite Tarot, artist Pamela Coleman Smith drew the Two of Pentacles as a man juggling two golden coins. The coins are linked by a ribbon forming a figure-eight, which is also the symbol for eternity. In the background, two ships are riding high waves, mimicking the motion of the man juggling the coins.
Divinatory meanings
The Two of Pentacles is a card of fun and recreation. It can symbolize news and messages arriving in writing. It can also indicate obstacles, agitation, trouble, embroilment—but more imagined than real. The juggling of options may indicate a difficult choice to be made. There can be very little harm, however, in any card of the pentacles suit; the greatest evil done here might be that too little profit is earned in proportion to the labour given to it.
Reversed, this card can mean simulated enjoyment, composition, or handwriting.
| Tarot Topics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Major Arcana | The Fool • The Magician • The High Priestess • The Empress • The Emperor • The Hierophant • The Lovers • The Chariot • Strength • The Hermit • Wheel of Fortune • Justice • The Hanged Man • Death • Temperance • The Devil • The Tower • The Star • The Moon • The Sun • Judgement • The World | |
| Minor Arcana | Pentacles | Ace • Two • Three • Four • Five • Six • Seven • Eight • Nine • Ten • Page • Knight • Queen • King |
| Wands | Ace • Two • Three • Four • Five • Six • Seven • Eight • Nine • Ten • Page • Knight • Queen • King | |
| Cups | Ace • Two • Three • Four • Five • Six • Seven • Eight • Nine • Ten • Page • Knight • Queen • King | |
| Swords | Ace • Two • Three • Four • Five • Six • Seven • Eight • Nine • Ten • Page • Knight • Queen • King | |
| Decks | Visconti-Sforza Tarot • Tarot of Marseilles • Rider-Waite Tarot • Thoth Tarot • Occult Tarot • Angel Tarot • Vlad Dracula Tarot • Hieronymus Bosch Tarot | |