Six of Pentacles
Astrology: Moon in Taurus | Element: Earth | Time: May 1 – May 10
When my wings shattered, leaves sprouted from the cracks.
On a rainy dusk in the church courtyard, I found a少女天使 statue with only one wing. From the fracture of her broken right wing, four broad leaves had grown—each holding trembling rainwater.
Giving has never demanded wholeness. The green leaves became my new wings.
Leaves growing from the angel’s裂缝 perfectly catch the silver coins falling from the sky. The “flow of resources” in the Six of Pentacles turns out to be redistribution that begins at a wound—a two-way redemption between me and the world. At the statue’s feet, birds and glowing little spirits find a dry corner beneath her skirt. Their shivering bodies make me understand: the Four of Cups is waiting for a choice, but the Six of Pentacles—I want it to become a shelter.
Brokenness and growth watered by rain. Rain gathers along the leaf veins into thin streams, soaking into the grass beneath the statue. The grass, too, will grow and flourish. The true secret of the Six of Pentacles is that the receiver can also become the giver.
Symbolism:
Angel Statue: Represents the role of giving and generous support. Created as part of the church’s blessings, she has lost her former purpose, yet continues to transmit resources and the universe’s energy in a new way.
Broken Wing: The fading of what once was, and the emergence of new change and opportunity.
Great Leaves: Symbolic pentacles—representing those who hold resources and wealth. Holding rainwater, they can shelter birds and beasts and provide water to nearby plants, symbolizing sharing and a willingness to help.
White Soul: Represents the one who brings returns, and also the help of intangible resources beyond money—protection, knowledge, skills, and more.
Birds: Represent the things that yield returns. This is also the cycle of giving and receiving—birds, too, bring benefits back into the ecosystem.
Upright:
Charity, generosity, financial management, giving and receiving, magnanimity, almsgiving, fulfillment, appropriate decisions.
Personality: Generous but not indiscriminate, strong sense of fairness and justice, skilled at managing and allocating resources, understands balance between giving and receiving, socially responsible, able to balance charity and business, respects each person’s value.
Relationship: An equal and reciprocal partnership, balanced emotional investment, mutual respect and support, harmonious exchange of material and emotional needs, stable commitment, mutually nourishing interaction.
Career/Studies: Fair compensation systems, stable employment relationships, successful fund allocation, running charitable work, market positioning with balanced supply and demand, reasonable team resource distribution, fair access to academic resources.
Finances: Steady wealth distribution, reasonable investment ratios, balance between charity and returns, stable cash flow, fair transactions, wisdom of shared resources.
Advice: What the world gives you, you can also give back to the world. Help and repay others in different forms. Be generous with wisdom, ensuring resources flow reasonably. Maintain the balance of giving and receiving, and let wealth create greater value.
Reversed:
Theft, loss, imbalance, coercion, loss of control, loss of fairness and rationality, financial crisis, exploitation, unequal relationships, health issues.
Personality: Uses giving to control others, uses “charity” as a cover for manipulation, lacks genuine generosity, power desire disguises the original intent to help, expects repayment for favors, lacks equal respect.
Relationship: Controlling a relationship through material means, unequal partnership, buying loyalty with money, emotional blackmail and dependence, lack of true equality and respect, distorted giving and receiving.
Career/Studies: Unfair pay systems, abuse of workplace power, unjust resource distribution, control-based work relationships, monopoly over academic resources, inequality of knowledge power.
Finances: Unequal distribution of wealth, controlling investment methods, distorted charity behavior, stagnation of resource flow, rent-seeking financial operations.
Advice: When you don’t fully understand or trust someone, be careful not to be used. Examine the true motive behind giving and rebuild an equal exchange. Giving and returning are meant to flow—focus on mutual investment and contribution, break cycles of control and dependence, and restore healthy movement of resources.