Card of the Day for December 21 - Queen of Pentacles

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QUEEN OF PENTACLES

Attribution - Sagittarius/Capricorn Cusp (20 degrees Sag to 20 degrees Capricorn)

Winter Solstice, Yule, the asteroid Ceres, the harvesting goddess.

The suit of Pentacles represents the element earth. This is the suit through which we can appreciate what we have been given and it shows how we experience the external world.

Queens stand for both women who are actual people in your life and for different aspects of your personality. They are mother figures and mature women with personal power.

Queens demonstrate creativity, love of nature, caring, fondness for children.

Rider-Waite Imagery

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)

The face suggests that of a dark woman, whose qualities might be summed up in the idea of greatness of soul; she has also the serious cast of intelligence; she contemplates her symbol and may see worlds therein.

Divinatory Meanings

Upright: Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.

Reversed: Evil, suspicion, suspense, fear, mistrust.

Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana

Queen: Dark woman; presents from a rich relative; rich and happy marriage for a young man. Reversed: An illness.

UPRIGHT

“Earth Mother”, the healer, the “witch” of the village.

Prosperity, wealth, security, luxury, comfort.

Fertility.

Physical competence, common sense.

Generous in praise but has high standards.

Natural homemaker.

Domesticity.

Security-minded.

Demonstrating love by caring for someone physically.

Arts, crafts, decorating.

Reliable, practical.

Skillful and industrious.

Steady employment.

The good things in life.

She is never lazy and is intolerant of laziness in others.

This Queen is thoughtful, intelligent, creative and charitable. She can take a long time to make a decision and can appear moody or dismal while she is contemplating what to do. She is good at business, at gardening and is good with children – even those that are not her own.

She represents the harvest after much labour, the acquisition of wisdom and the prudent use of wealth. She is also aware of time and looks at her pentacle with a sense of melancholy for her youth, the growth of her children and the passage of time.

REVERSED

Resistance o risk or change.

Disruptions in routine.

Demanding, selfish, self-absorbed.

A widow or divorcee hardened by tough times.

An older woman left in a financial mess with no support.

Chronic pain such as arthritis.

Someone who is clumsy though they try hard to master a skill.

Impatience with children or animals.

Compulsive.

Stubborn.

Liking things done your own way.