Last updated: January 28, 2026
King of Pentacles meeting Six of Pentacles marks a turning point. This combination rarely appears without indicating that the winds of change are already blowing through your life.
Mastery of the material world through successful leadership, business acumen, and generous abundance. The King of Pentacles represents the ultimate achievement in material mastery and worldly success. This card signifies someone who has achieved significant wealth and status through practical wisdom, hard work, and excellent business judgment. The keywords most associated with this card—wealth, business success, leadership, financial mastery—give us insight into its core energy.
A time of balanced giving and receiving, generosity, and sharing abundance with others. The Six of Pentacles represents the beautiful balance of giving and receiving that creates harmony and abundance in communities. You are either in a position to be generous with others or you are receiving help and support when you need it most. This card carries the themes of generosity, charity, sharing wealth, balanced exchange, which interact meaningfully with King of Pentacles's energy.
Both cards share practical, grounded earth energy, doubling its presence in your reading. When the same element appears twice, the universe is highlighting themes associated with that energy.
When you encounter King of Pentacles and Six of Pentacles together, consider what area of your life requires the integration of wealth with generosity. The cards don't appear together randomly—their pairing is meaningful and specific to your question or situation.
This combination often surfaces during times when you're being asked to hold multiple truths simultaneously, finding wisdom in the space where both cards' messages overlap and inform each other.
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In love readings, King of Pentacles with Six of Pentacles signals that your love life is undergoing or about to undergo significant transformation—endings that create space for new beginnings.
When these two cards appear together in a love reading, they bring a nuanced message about your romantic life.
King of Pentacles in Love: Secure, prosperous relationships built on mutual respect, stability, and shared success. This card suggests partnerships where both people are successful in their own right and can offer each other practical support as well as emotional connection
Six of Pentacles in Love: Balanced giving and receiving in relationships, mutual support and generosity. You and your partner support each other generously - emotionally, practically, and perhaps financially - without keeping score or creating imbalances
Together, King of Pentacles and Six of Pentacles signals that your love life is undergoing or about to undergo significant transformation—endings that create space for new beginnings. This combination speaks to the heart of your romantic situation, asking you to consider how these two energies manifest in your love life.
Release what no longer serves your heart. Transformation in love, while sometimes painful, leads to more authentic connections.
Whether you're single and seeking, newly dating, or in a long-term partnership, this card combination offers relevant insight. For singles, consider how these themes might relate to what you're attracting or need to develop before finding love. For those in relationships, reflect on how these energies play out between you and your partner.
The intersection of wealth's energy with generosity's influence creates a specific romantic signature that's meaningful for your situation.
For career and finances, King of Pentacles with Six of Pentacles signals career transitions, job changes, or major shifts in your professional identity.
In professional matters, this card combination carries specific guidance for your work life and financial decisions.
King of Pentacles at Work: Exceptional career success, business leadership, and the ability to create wealth through professional expertise. You may be in a senior leadership position, running your own successful business, or recognized as an expert whose professional judgment creates significant value
Six of Pentacles at Work: Professional success through mentoring, collaboration, or generous sharing of knowledge. You may be in a position to mentor others, share your expertise, or help colleagues advance in their careers
The combination of King of Pentacles and Six of Pentacles signals career transitions, job changes, or major shifts in your professional identity. These cards together paint a picture of your current professional landscape and the opportunities or challenges ahead.
Embrace change rather than resisting it. Your career is evolving toward something more aligned.
Consider how the themes of wealth and generosity apply to your specific work situation. Are there projects that need this combination's energy? Relationships with colleagues that reflect these dynamics? Career decisions that these cards illuminate?
While this combination primarily speaks to career, it also influences financial matters. The transformative energy suggests potential financial changes on the horizon.
Spiritually, King of Pentacles and Six of Pentacles together marks a pivotal moment in your spiritual journey—an initiation or awakening.
On a soul level, this combination speaks to your spiritual path and inner development.
King of Pentacles's Spiritual Wisdom: Mature spirituality that integrates material success with spiritual values and generous service. You understand that wealth and spiritual growth can coexist when approached with wisdom and right intention
Six of Pentacles's Spiritual Wisdom: Spiritual growth through service to others and balanced spiritual exchange. You may be called to share your spiritual knowledge, contribute to your faith community, or serve others as part of your spiritual practice
King of Pentacles meeting Six of Pentacles marks a pivotal moment in your spiritual journey—an initiation or awakening. This is not a random pairing—the universe is highlighting specific spiritual themes for your attention.
Given this combination's energy, consider incorporating letting go rituals, transformation meditation, and embracing the unknown into your spiritual routine.
The intersection of King of Pentacles's wisdom with Six of Pentacles's teachings creates a unique spiritual lesson. Meditate on both cards together, allowing their combined imagery and symbolism to speak to your soul. What message emerges when you hold both energies simultaneously?
This combination appears when you're ready to integrate wealth with generosity of your spiritual understanding. The growth available now requires honoring both cards' teachings.
When either card appears reversed, the combination's meaning shifts toward internal work and blocked energies.
King of Pentacles Reversed: Greed, corruption, or misuse of wealth and power for selfish or harmful purposes.
Six of Pentacles Reversed: Imbalanced giving and receiving, strings attached to generosity, or misuse of power.
Both Cards Reversed: When both King of Pentacles and Six of Pentacles appear reversed together, this signals a period of significant internal processing. External action may be premature—focus instead on inner work and self-reflection.
The reversed combination asks: What needs to be unblocked or healed before these cards' upright potential can manifest?
The imagery of King of Pentacles and Six of Pentacles creates a rich visual dialogue, particularly through their shared symbolism of Pentacle/Coin and Pentacle/Coin & Earth.
A mature, successful king sits on a throne decorated with bull heads and grape vines, surrounded by symbols of prosperity and abundance. He holds a pentacle confidently, while his rich robes and castle in the background represent the material wealth and security he has achieved through wisdom and leadership.
A wealthy merchant weighs coins on scales while giving money to two beggars kneeling before him. Six pentacles hang above the scene, representing the balanced circulation of abundance. The scales symbolize fair exchange and the importance of balanced giving and receiving.
When these cards appear together, notice particularly how Pentacle/Coin, Pentacle/Coin & Earth, Earth & Pentacle/Coin create visual and energetic echoes between the two images. These shared symbols amplify the combination's message.
Shared Symbolic Themes:
King of Pentacles (14) and Six of Pentacles (6) combine to 20, reducing to 20—the number of significant transition.
King of Pentacles - Number 14: The King as 14 represents complete mastery of earth energy - wealth, leadership, and material success. Fire of Earth commanding - the material master who creates prosperity through wisdom and ethical leadership
Six of Pentacles - Number 6: The number of harmony, balance, giving/receiving, and responsibility. Generosity in circulation - the flow of abundance between those who have and those who need
The combined numerological vibration of 20 brings the energy of significant transition. This underlying numerical influence colors how these two cards interact, adding a layer of completing and transcendent energy to their combination.
King of Pentacles
The Wealthy Leader, The Successful Entrepreneur, The Material Master
Six of Pentacles
The Generous Giver, The Fair Distributor, The Balanced Exchange
When The Wealthy Leader, The Successful Entrepreneur, The Material Master meets The Generous Giver, The Fair Distributor, The Balanced Exchange, these archetypal energies catalyze profound change when they meet, each transforming the other. Consider which archetypal patterns are active in your current situation and how their interaction might be playing out in your life.
These Minor Arcana cards show different stages within the pentacles journey.
King of Pentacles's Place in the Pentacles Journey: The King of Pentacles represents the mature, active mastery of earth energy - wealth built through wisdom, empire created through steady leadership. He sits surrounded by abundance, symbols of success on every side. This is the culmination of the material journey: not just personal wealth, but the power to create prosperity for many through wise stewardship and ethical leadership.
Six of Pentacles's Place in the Pentacles Journey: The Six of Pentacles restores balance after the hardship of the Five. A wealthy figure dispenses coins to those in need, scales in hand to ensure fairness. This is the lesson of generosity - that abundance flows best when shared, and that sometimes we give, sometimes we receive, and wisdom lies in knowing the difference.
Both cards from the suit of pentacles show you two moments in the same elemental journey, suggesting a theme of material and practical progression is particularly active.
Use these questions for journaling or meditation with this combination:
Combined Affirmation
“I use my wealth while also embracing the wisdom to give.”
Understanding the astrological and elemental energies behind each card reveals deeper layers of meaning in this combination.
Mastery of the material world through successful leadership, business acumen, and generous abundance.
A time of balanced giving and receiving, generosity, and sharing abundance with others.
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