Two of Pentacles

What the card means

Upright

Juggling well, for now. Two coins in an infinity ribbon, ships on high waves behind - it is managed not because things are calm but because he does not stop. The card is about a balance in motion that cannot be held standing still.

Reversed

One more thing and it all comes down. Or it already has: what had been held longest is what got dropped.

Love and relationships

Upright

Fitting a relationship around the rest of life, and so far managing. Or two people whose hours barely overlap.

Reversed

There is neither time nor energy left for it. Something will have to be let go.

Work and business

Upright

Two jobs, two projects, something on the side. It goes while you keep moving.

Reversed

Took a third and dropped the first. Or burnt out on constant switching.

Money

Upright

Money flowing between things: one covering another. It works, and there is no margin.

Reversed

Moving debt around. An arrangement that holds exactly until the first delay.

The card's advice

Do not pick up a third coin. And stop looking for a way to hold this standing still - the Two of Pentacles only works in motion, and the motion has to be one direction.

As the card of the day

A busy day you will get through. Good for keeping up. Poor for agreeing to anything new.

What is depicted

A man in a tall hat dances holding two coins in a figure-of-eight ribbon; two ships on high waves behind him. He is not standing - balance here is only possible while moving.

Zodiac sign and correspondences

Jupiter in Capricorn - scope held together by arithmetic.

With other cards

• Two of Pentacles + Ace of Pentacles — taken up, and the juggling started at once.
• Two of Pentacles + Temperance — a balance found exactly; steadier there than here.
• Two of Pentacles + Ten of Wands — juggled until it became carrying all of it.