The "Fours" in the Tarot Deck are the cards
that begin to define situation and set relevant boundaries. These incorporate
order and structure (but not repression of expression or self-discovery).
The theme of the Four of Pentacles is security of physical / material
possessions. This concept is illustrated to an extreme in the Rider-Waite and Robin
Wood Decks - both of which depict a figure with one fot on each
of two pentacles, a third on his head (weighing him down), and the
fourth held in front of his chest.
This card can be interpreted in various ways according to the context
of the reading and the position of the card in the spread. It may suggest
that the situation has evoked in the sitter a sense of threat and consequent
need to protect his/her resources, be they money, skills, power, mate,
etc.. Alternatively, this card may reflect the fact that a stalemate
has been reachedsuch that nothing can progress until at least one of
the Pentacles is released - even if temporarily.
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