Five of Pentacles: Yes or No
What answer the Five of Pentacles card gives to a yes or no question: “no”, and how to treat it.
Author: Max Raputum, Warsaw
The answer of Five of Pentacles: “No”
The Five of Pentacles is hardship and loss, so the answer is no: right now resources are insufficient and the situation is hard.
What the answer depends on
The answer depends on whether you accept help. Support exists, but you have to notice it and ask.
If the card is reversed
Reversed, the answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Five softens no to maybe: the period of hardship is ending and support appears.
What to do next
Ask for concrete help from someone who can give it and make a plan for the next month.
The answer in questions of love and work
If the question is about feelings: The Five of Pentacles in love is cold and a sense of being left out: you feel out in the snow, not noticing the warm window beside you. If the question is about work: The Five of Pentacles at work is need, loss of income or a sense of being left out.
How to check the answer
Check the answer with three questions: is there “need” in my situation? Is the lack of “hard times” getting in my way? What am I missing if I look through the theme of “isolation”?
About the Five of Pentacles card
Five of Pentacles is a card of the suit of Pentacles, element earth. The keywords of the card: need, hard times, isolation, loss of support. In questions about a choice or a decision it works through its key themes, not through specific events. The general interpretation upright and reversed is on the page of the card.
The Five of Pentacles card in other questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the Five of Pentacles card a yes or a no?
In a yes or no spread the answer is “No”. The Five of Pentacles is hardship and loss, so the answer is no: right now resources are insufficient and the situation is hard.
What does Five of Pentacles reversed mean in a yes or no answer?
The answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Five softens no to maybe: the period of hardship is ending and support appears.
What does the answer of Five of Pentacles depend on?
The answer depends on whether you accept help. Support exists, but you have to notice it and ask.