Five of Pentacles
Five of Pentacles — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.
Upright
hardship, exclusion, going without
A lean stretch, made worse by feeling shut out of the warmth. Help is nearer than it looks — the lit window is right there.
In a yes or no reading, Five of Pentacles upright answers no.
Reversed
recovery, help accepted, coming in from the cold
The worst of the shortage is passing, often because support was finally asked for.
In a yes or no reading, Five of Pentacles reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.
What this card does in a reading here
A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. Five of Pentacles can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.