The Six of Pentacles card in tarot is all about equal give and take. It is a card of balance and equality in the tangible world.
Element: Earth (Taurus)
Planet: Venus
The Six of Pentacles card is a card about balance in the real world.
This balance is a more in the 3-D world, as opposed to the balance that is implicated by the Justice card.
While pentacles signify Earth energy (often money), this can also refer to emotional or other elements, depending on the surrounding cards.
This card has different meanings when interpreted upright as it does reversed (upside down, not the same as face down).
The table below shows a brief summary of interpretations, followed by more in-depth analysis of the card in both positions below.
| Upright | Reversed |
| Equal give and take. Giving and receiving. Balance. Financial generosity. | Inequality. Extortion. Abuse of generosity. Unequal give and take. Taking advantage. Not giving enough. |
| (Yes/No?): Yes | (Yes/No?): No |
Number 6 Meaning
The number 6 correlates with balance. In the case of the six of swords card, the number six refers to making things right, and creating a more stable outcome of some sort.
Like other even numbers, the number six is a feminine number.
The Six of Pentacles Card Description
In the original Rider-Waite tarot deck the Six of Pentacles card depicts a man in a purple robe appearing to hold a scale and possessing abundance of some form.
The scale represents fairness and equality.
He is distributing pentacles between two individuals at his feet.