Two of Pentacles

If you get the Two of Pentacles in a reading, you have two wonderful opportunities in front of you. You’re already experiencing these chances. They’re in your grasp. However, this card may come up when you feel more frantic than lucky. Both paths are great; however, “juggling” them isn’t something you can do forever. A careful balancing of finances, jobs, or obligations can signify, in best cases, something who’s dedicated to their work even as they’re overburdened with tasks. It can be a person who really completes the work of two people on any given work day. The Two of Pentacles suggests that this is a fleeting moment. It will pass. If you are balancing these opportunities out of necessity or survival, the situation will resolve to something better.

Two of Pentacles Reversed

The Two of Pentacles reversed suggests dishonesty, or important information being kept hidden from someone else. Similar to the upright position of this card, a choice must be made because the balancing act can’t last forever. This is the card you get when you or someone else has promised the same thing to two different people, groups, or businesses, and you know they’ll eventually come to collect. There’s an aspect of people-pleasing to the Two of Pentacles reversed. If you find needing to keep the peace or feeling the need for everybody needs to see as a good person is part of the equation here, the reversed Two of Pentacles implies this desire is not coming from healthy place. The reversed position of cards often call you to return to the energy of the card before, upright. In this case, it’s the Ace of Pentacles. Look out for what’s best for you, and the people close to you such as your family, before you try to influence all others.