01. Ace of Pentacles
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Number: 1
Card Title: Ace of Pentacles
Esoteric Title: Root of the Powers of Earth
Numerical Keywords: 1: Unity, Origin, Potential
Numerical Attributions: Primium Mobile, White, Soul, Good
Intelligence: Hidden Intelligence
Element: Earth (cold, dry)
Elemental Keywords: Physical, Materiality, Worth
Elemental Attributions: North, Winter, Midnight
Astrological Attribution: Taurus Virgo Capricorn
Dates & Timing: The World
Qabalistic World: Kether in Assiah
Translation of World: The Crown of the Material World
Suit Color: Pentacles – Green
Keywords: Privacy, Health, Legitimacy, Physical Body, Property, New Prospects, abundance, fruitfulness, productivity, money matters, new financial enterprise, materialism, bright prospects, perfect contentment, gifts.Ill-Dignified: false start, greed, extravagance, misused wealth, exposed, overextended, miserliness, timing off.
Interpretation: Material world and physical matter. Start of profitable enterprise. Love of physical side of life. Inner and outer riches. New financial venture will be beneficial. Bright prospects. Help in undertaking.
Reversed Interpretation: False starts in launching new venture. Exercise patience. Wait to begin new project or to realize significant financial gain. May have over extended your self. Greed and wealth without happiness due to spiritual poverty. Check plans carefully. Wealth wasted or misused. Timing wrong for new venture.
Rider-Waite Imagery
A white hand emerges from a cloud offering a pentacle.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
A hand–issuing, as usual, from a cloud–holds up a pentacle. Divinatory Meanings: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold. Reversed: The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on whether the card is reversed or not.
4 Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Ace.–The most favourable of all cards. Reversed: A share in the finding of treasure.
The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing
In the Natural Position: 4 Aces = favourable chance; 3 Aces = small success; 2 Aces = trickery.
Reversed: 4 Aces = dishonour; 3 Aces debauchery; 2 Aces = enemies.
The Tarot of the Bohemians by Papus; tr. A. P Morton, [1896]
Signification of the Four Series of Minor Arcana in the Divining Tarot
PENTACLES. Development. Money. Trade.
ACE OF PENTACLES. Commencement of fortune. Inheritance. Gifts. Economy, etc., etc.
The Tarot by S.L. MacGregor Mathers [1888]
Meanings of the Cards
77. Ace of Pentacles.–Perfect Contentment, Felicity, Prosperity, Triumph; R. Purse of Gold, Money, Gain, Help, Profit, Riches.
Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Chap. v. Of the wonderfull Natures of Fire, and Earth.
There are two things (saith Hermes) viz. Fire and Earth, which are sufficient for the operation of all wonderfull things: the former is active, the latter passive.
Now the Basis, and foundation of all the Elements, is the Earth, for that is the object, subject, and receptacle of all Celestiall rayes, and influencies; in it are contained the seeds, and Seminall vertues of all things; and therefore it is said to be Animall, Vegetable, and Minerall. It being made fruitfull by the other Elements, and the Heavens, brings forth all things of it self; It receives the abundance of all things, and is, as it were the first fountain, from whence all things spring, it is the Center, foundation, and mother of all things. Take as much of it as you please, seperated, washed, depurated, subtilized, if you let it lye [lie] in the open Aire a little while, it will, being full, and abounding with Heavenly vertues, of it self bring forth Plants, Worms, and other living things, also Stones, and bright sparks of Metals. In it are great secrets, if at any time it shall be purified by the help of Fire, and reduced unto its simplicity by a convenient washing. It is the first matter of our Creation, and the truest Medicine that can restore, and preserve us.
Picatrix the Goal of the Wise by Ghayat Al-akim
Book “T” The Tarot
OF THE ACES
FIRST in order and importance are the Four Aces, representing the Force of the Spirit, acting in, and binding together, the Four Scales of each Element: and answering to the Dominion of the Letters of the Name in the Kether of each. They represent the Radical Forces.
The Four Aces are said to be placed on the North Pole of the Universe wherein they revolve, governing its revolution; and ruling as the connecting link between Yetzirah and the Material Plane or Universe.
IV. THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF THE EARTH:
Ace of Pentacles
A WHITE Radiant Angelic Hand, holding a branch of a Rose Tree, whereon is a large Pentacle, formed of Five concentric circles. The Innermost Circle is white, charged with a red Greek Cross. From this White Centre, Twelve Rays, also white, issue: these terminate at the circumference, making the whole something like an Astrological figure of the Heavens.
It is surmounted by a small circle, above which is a large white Maltese Cross, and with two white wings.
Four Crosses and two buds are shewn. The Hand issueth from the Clouds as in the other three cases.
It represents materiality in all senses, good and evil: and is, therefore, in a sense, illusionary: it shows material gain, labour, power, wealth, etc.
Often the General signification of the Majority of a particular suit and of the particular signification of the either 3 of 4 cards of a sort in a reading:
- A Majority of Pentacles Business, money, possessions.
- A Majority of Aces Strength generally. Aces are always strong cards.
- 4 Aces Great power and force.
- 3 Aces Riches, success
