- Arcana
- Minor · five of pentacles
- Correspondence
- Mercury in Taurus · first decan
- Element
- Earth
- Sign
- Taurus
- Planet
- Mercury
Five of Pentacles
Mercury in Taurus · first decan
Upright
lack · exclusion · hard season
Cold outside a lit window. Real material or social want, and help nearer than it feels.
Reversed
recovery · asking for help · shame
The turn back toward warmth, or pride keeping the door unknocked.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Five of Pentacles is mercury in taurus · first decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.