Two of Pentacles

Two of Pentacles tarot card
1The figure eight between the two pentacles is your exchange of energy, what you give and what you get.
2The boats behind him: the waves start small and get bigger as they go across. Things go up and down.
3He’s got a hat on. When you truly can’t juggle, put on one hat at a time.
The Work Hard, Play Hard CardEverybody reads this as juggling too much. I read it as a healthy rhythm.
  • Work hard, play hard
  • The exchange of energy
  • One thing at a time when you have to
In a reading

Put the work in and make time for the fun. Usually this card says you want to do the work, not that you’re drowning in it.

Deeper meaning

Work hard, play hard

The traditional reading here is juggling and being overloaded, and honestly I mostly refuse it. I read this as work hard, play hard, a healthy rhythm rather than a warning. The figure eight between the two pentacles represents your exchange of energy, what you give and what you get, and in the good stuff that exchange is running well. When it does turn up as too much at once, look at his hat: sometimes there’s no choice but to juggle, and then it’s one hat at a time. Accomplish one thing, then the next, then the next. More often than not this card is telling me somebody actually wants to put the work in.

In the good stuff

The exchange of energy is good. Working, and still making room for fun.

Watch Chris explain this card (39:06)

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