Nine of Pentacles – Love and Relationship Outcome
The Nine of Pentacles in a Tarot reading is very positive with regard to love and relationships even if they are a bit self centered, they do give direct answers to your questions and are good hearted.
Reversed
In the reversed position there is deception and your hopes of a good relationship maybe in vain.
Nine of Pentacles – As a Person, Outcome and Feelings
Honesty, positive attitude, sport, self-centredness and confidence in one’s self, self-reliance, certitude, accomplishment, directness, no attention paid to other people’s standpoint. Means to the querent: go ahead, you will succeed. Prompt arrival of things. Strong affirmative answer on questions. The effect is certain. A. E. Thierens, [1930]
Nine of Pentacles
Pictorial Key to the Tarot – Rider-Waite-Smith
By A.E. Waite (1911), tarot card illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith (1911)
Description
A woman, with a bird upon her wrist, stands amidst a great abundance of grapevines in the garden of a manorial house. It is a wide domain, suggesting plenty in all things. Possibly it is her own possession and testifies to material well-being.
Meanings Nine of Pentacles in a Reading
Prudence, safety, success, accomplishment, certitude, discernment.
Nine of Pentacles – Reversed
Roguery, deception, voided project, bad faith.
Additional Divinatory Meanings
Prompt fulfilment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards.
Additional Meanings – Reversed
Vain hopes.
The Tarot
By S. L. MacGregor Mathers, c 1888
Nine of Pentacles
Divinatory Meanings
Nine of Pentacles – Discretion, Circumspection, Prudence, Discernment.
Divinatory Meanings – Reversed
Deceit, Bad faith, Artifices, Deception.
General Book of the Tarot
By A. E. Thierens, [1930]
Nine of Pentacles
Tradition
Effect, realisation, accomplishment; positive certain fulfilment of what is presaged by the neighbouring cards, succeeding. Reversed it is said to give: Deception, bad faith, vain hope, idle promise, etc.
Theory
It is the Fire on the ascendant, First house, and consequently must be very positive in its meaning and effect. The word ‘effect’ is correct here and everything in the meaning of this card must be positive in its nature. There may be some conceit and self-satisfaction, but not without goodness of heart; self-centredness rather. The person indicated by this card must be a good sportsman and honest above all. So we can see no reason whatever, even in weak cases for addictions such as ‘bad faith,’ etc. Neither can we see ‘prudence’ in it, as one version has it. The force in it does not tolerate contradiction nor delay, does not reason, but acts at once.
The Oracle of the Tarot – Exoteric Tarot
By Paul Foster Case (1933)
Nine of Pentacles
The lunar crescent refers to 9 as Sphere of the Moon.
Time period
Second decanate of Virgo, under rulership of Saturn, from September 2nd to September 11th.
Well-dignified
Reserve, discretion, caution, frugality; some worries over money-matters, because of slow maturing of plans; gain through careful investment.
Ill-dignified
Discouragement, troubles through theft and knavery. Occasionally, when this card is especially Well-dignified, and other cards in the layout confirm it, this represents inheritance, material gain, and much increase of goods, corresponding to the positive meaning of Saturn in Capricorn.
Keyword
Harvest.
Further reading
More information on the Nine of Pentacles Tarot card.
