Five of Coins Card Meaning

Five of Coins upright. The card of the day money or support runs short and you ask for help.

Five of Coins reversed. The card of the day money or support runs short and you manage on your own instead of asking for help.

The Five of Coins, also known as the Five of Pentacles, is the fifth card of the Coins suit in the Minor Arcana. In a reading it shows a day when money is tight and the place that asking for help has in that day. It has nothing to do with illness.

What do you see on the Five of Coins card?

On a snowy evening, two people reach a stone building. Both wear old, torn purple cloaks. The taller one walks leaning on a wooden staff. The other has gone ahead and knocks on the wooden door with one hand.

Warm yellow light shows around the edges of the door. A lantern burns on the wall. The stained glass window above the door holds five gold coins. Snow falls on the branches of the pine trees around them.

From the snow to the window, every detail stands for part of your situation. The snow and the torn cloaks show a day when money or support runs short. The coins in the window say help is close, right behind that door. The knocking hand is the act of asking. So the Five of Coins puts one question to you: on a hard day, which door do you knock on?

What does the Five of Coins mean upright?

Upright, the Five of Coins is the day money or support runs short and you ask for help. If your account is empty before the end of the month, you call someone close to you. You ask them to help you cover the rent.

The cold doorway on this card stands for more than an empty wallet. Say you are moving house and you cannot lift a wardrobe on your own. Knocking on a neighbor's door that day is this card's scene.

In a reading this card shows a tight stretch, but it does not say the stretch is permanent. The picture has a door with a light on behind it. The tight day starts to ease on the day you ask.

The card also covers the feeling of being left out. When a group plans a dinner your budget cannot cover, you think about skipping it. Instead, you tell a friend your budget plainly and suggest a cheaper place.

What does the Five of Coins mean reversed?

Reversed, the Five of Coins is the day money or support runs short and you manage on your own instead of asking. For weeks you tell no one. You skip lunch and push payments from one month to the next.

The second reversed meaning is feeling alone. People are around you, but nobody knows how things stand. So no support arrives.

Another reversed meaning is the end of a hard stretch. After a long run of scraping by, the first regular payment lands in your account. You pay the rent on time, for the first time, with no help from anyone.

The cards beside it show which of these meanings applies to you. Whichever it is, tell one person how things really stand this week.

What does the Five of Coins mean in love?

If you are in a relationship, the Five of Coins is about getting through a hard month together. On the card two people walk side by side in the snow. In a month when money is tight, you and your partner sit down and go through the budget together.

If you are single, the card points to days you feel left out. When your friends meet up in couples, you feel like you are sitting at the edge of the table. The card tells you not to stay home with that feeling and to go where you are invited.

Reversed, you hide your worries from your partner. Do not carry this alone. One evening, sit down and tell them what is weighing on you this month.

Five of Coins meaning for work and career

At work the Five of Coins shows a lean period. Where you work, the budget gets cut, or if you run your own business, orders drop. In this stretch the card tells you to ask for help.

Here help is something concrete. You call a former client and ask whether they have new work. You also look into the support your professional association offers.

Reversed, you keep your work worries to yourself. Instead of staying quiet, talk to a manager or a colleague you trust.

Five of Coins meaning for money

In money matters this card shows financial hardship. A payment comes in late or an unexpected bill turns up, and the money runs out before the month ends. Start by picking out the two most urgent payments.

Asking for help is this card's money advice too. If you see you cannot pay a debt on time, you talk to the lender before the due date. Asking for a payment plan or a short extension is also a request for help.

Reversed, the end of the tight stretch comes into view. A regular income starts, or a large debt is paid off. Even so, the card tells you to go carefully through that first month.

The Five of Coins gives no date for when the hardship ends. It maps out no plan for debt or investing either; those decisions belong with a financial adviser.

Is the Five of Coins a yes or no card?

Upright, the Five of Coins says no for now. If what you are asking about needs money or support, you fill that gap first. On the question of asking for help, though, the answer is yes.

Reversed, the answer is still no. As long as you struggle alone, the result stays delayed. On the day you tell someone how things stand, look at the question again.

If the result depends on support from someone else, the card does not say what that person will answer. Your part is to ask clearly. Write in one message how much you need and by when.

Five of Coins in a three card spread

What the Five of Coins says depends on the position it lands in. In the app, the Five of Coins can fall in Now, What challenges you or Your next step.

Now. Money or support runs short. You are in the middle of a tight week.

What challenges you. You hold back from asking for help. You believe everyone else sorts out their problems on their own.

Your next step. You knock on a door. Today you call someone close to you or an organization and say plainly what you need.

Five of Coins as card of the day: what is the advice?

When the Five of Coins is your card of the day, make one request for help today. One phone call or one text is enough.

If you are doing fine, the card points somewhere else. Treat someone you know is struggling to a meal today.

Five of Coins and Mercury: the card's astrology

In the Golden Dawn system, the Five of Coins covers 0 to 10 degrees of Taurus. Mercury rules this ten degree slice. The Golden Dawn calls the card the Lord of Material Trouble.

Taurus is the sign of money, belongings and security. Mercury stands for talking and passing on news. Together they describe talking about money. The card's answer comes from here: putting the shortage into words is the first step.

The element of the Coins suit is earth, and Taurus is an earth sign. That is why the card shows hardship through concrete things such as rent and bills.

Five of Coins number: what does the 5 mean?

The order held so tightly in the Four breaks down in the Five. In tarot the number five brings a difficulty to every suit. In Cups it is hurt feelings; in Coins it is a shortage of money. The Five sits in the middle of the suit. The Six right after it shows one person giving help and another receiving it. The hand that knocks in the Five leads to the open hand in the Six.

Five of Coins vs Five of Cups: what is the difference?

People mix up the two Fives because both describe a hard day. The difference lies in what is missing. The Five of Cups is about an emotional loss. You fall out with a friend, and that evening you replay what happened again and again.

The Five of Coins is about a material shortage. On the same evening, what fills your head is not a falling out but an unpaid bill. The Five of Cups looks at what is behind it; the Five of Coins knocks on the door in front of it.