King of Pentacles

Upright

provision · wealth · steady hand

Long-built material security, held generously and without drama.

Reversed

greed · control · risk-aversion

Abundance turned to grasping, or safety chosen so consistently that nothing grows.

Why this astrology

The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so King of Pentacles is air of earth — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.