Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Nine of Pentacles
Yesod in Assiah
- Suit
- pentacles
- Rank
- Nine
- World
- Assiah
- Station
- Yesod
- Verb
- I ground
Yesod, the instinctive foundation
Yesod is foundation: the instinctive, habitual ground beneath what will be made manifest.
Upright
Flowing. Instinct made secure in matter: a foundation built and enjoyed, earned and at ease. In the world of action, the habitual ground is the life you have made for yourself, and the card shows it holding.
Misdirected. Security that costs connection, or comfort as enclosure.
Reversed
Blocked. Security cannot be built or enjoyed.
Flooded. More security than life, accumulation and enclosure.
The image
A woman in a rich gown stands in a vineyard with a hooded falcon on her gloved hand, nine coins among the vines and a snail at her feet. A house sits in the distance. She is alone and entirely at ease with it.
Learn how to read Nine of Pentacles in a spread
This page shows you what Nine of Pentacles means. Knowing how to read it — how it shifts next to the other cards, what the reversal is really telling you, and how to turn a spread into a clear answer — is what the RWS Decoded course and book teach, card by card.
