Four of Pentacles

On the card

A seated figure clutches one pentacle to the chest, one on the crown and one beneath each foot, a town behind.

Upright

• Holding on
• Security
• Boundaries

All four are held and he cannot move. Traditionally the card of security that has become its own limit — it asks what the holding is protecting against.

Reversed

• Loosening
• Grasping
• Letting go

Read reversed, the grip changes: something let go and the relief of it, or the holding tightening past the point of sense.