Pentacles · Minor Arcana
Eight of Pentacles
Upright
workemploymentcommissioncraftsmanship
Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage.
Reversed
voided ambitionvanitycupidityexaction
Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious mind turned to cunning and intrigue.
✦ Symbolism & Description
The imagery
An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.
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