Additional deck interpretation:
The Five of Pentacles points you towards a path that may seem to be paved with hard times as you continue your journey through the seventy-eight passageways of growth.
This the level on your continuous cycle of change when you may have lost hope of ever establishing a stable and secure future. Whether or not you have reason for this loss of hope, you will have to overcome an emotional, economic or physical hardship to feel secure again.
The Five of Pentacles is associated with troubles and a time when you lack faith in the future. You cannot feel any hope or understand how you will ever find that warm and fuzzy place again. You cannot envision being safe and unafraid again.
You picture yourself as an outcast in a blizzard, penniless, shoe-less, dressed in rags with no shelter in sight.
Is this scenario really happening or is this painful picture an emotional feeling? Is it the result of being rejected by someone in society who decided they did not want to be loyal to you?
Did you overstep your boundaries, end up in a big mess and bring a painful situation upon yourself? Did something unexpected happen that was out of your control?
Whatever the cause, you will need to use your strength and courage to weather this storm, to overcome whatever hardship has befallen you.
Numerical Number 5: The Pentacle's five is associated with a heads-up situation. You might experience a lifestyle struggle (personal or professional), or need to make an adjustment to overcome a problem, or experience a hidden prophecy that makes you start over to connect with the right path at a later date.
The Element of Earth: The Five of Pentacles is associated with the elemental qualities of the planet Venus (the morning and evening star that guides one to higher ideals) and the zodiac sign of Taurus. The combination of Venus in Taurus makes you determined to weather hardships and grow again.
Probable Outcome: You might be experiencing financial problems, or you might have overextended yourself and taken risks that you should not have taken.
You might be experiencing something totally out of your control that made you feel like you were pushed out into the cold.
You may have lost your job and cannot see how you are going to make it on unemployment.
You might be experiencing an emotional cut-off, rejection that is associated with your social community, or you were shunned by the group you worked with and are feeling the emotional pain.
You might be losing a legal settlement.
You might have been abandoned by someone you loved and trusted. You feel like you were thrown out in the cold and that you cannot make it on your own.
You might be on the verge of overcoming a health problem and are having a hard time staying positive.
Possible Outcome: You might be experiencing a turn for the better with your finances and you are no longer taking financial risks.
You might be starting a new job and be feeling optimistic, or starting a new business because you want to be in charge of your destiny.
You are healing from an emotional cut-off, a rejection that was associated with your social community. You decided these people do not have a place in your life anymore and you are making new friends.
You are done with a legal settlement and putting it behind you.
You have come to terms with the person who abandoned you, someone you loved and trusted and realize they do not have a place in your life anymore. You are moving on and feeling better about yourself.
You have overcome a health problem and staying positive.
Then again, you might not be able to channel the Five of Pentacle's energies into your life. If this is the case, then you might need more time to have faith in the future to understand that a new door will open for you that will bring new opportunities.
Timing: The Five of Pentacles predicts that an important event to succeed is turned into action to overcome hardships. A hidden prophecy or unexpected event may be on the verge of happening in the next 1-3 weeks.
The cards that are enumerated five are associated with a hidden prophecy, or a difficult situation. Something might break down and force you to start over for a reason. The only way to start over is to break down the existing path so that you are free from it and cannot go back, but you won't see the beauty in this painful experience until later.
