My Take on the Six of Pentacles for a Yes/No
Alright, so I had this situation crop up a while back. Needed a straight answer, you know? Just a simple yes or no, cut through the noise. I was mulling over helping out a friend with a loan. Not a huge amount, but enough that it mattered to my own budget. My gut was kinda twisted about it. Part of me really wanted to help, but another part was worried, like, would I ever see this cash again? Would it mess up the friendship?
So, I decided to pull a card. Just one. Yes or no. Grabbed my old trusty deck, the one with the corners a bit soft from use. Gave it a good shuffle, really focusing on the question: “Should I lend this money?” Kept shuffling until it felt right, you know the feeling. Placed the deck down, cut it once, and pulled the top card from the bottom stack.
And there it was: the Six of Pentacles.
My first immediate thought wasn’t a clean “yes” or “no”. It was more complex. I looked at the image, the dude handing out coins. Okay, so giving, charity, help – that seemed like a “yes” towards lending the money, right? It felt like the card was saying, “Yeah, you can help. You’re in a position to give.”
But then I kept looking. There’s a balance to that card. It’s not just about blindly giving. It’s about fair exchange, about resources flowing, sometimes you give, sometimes you receive. It felt like the card wasn’t just saying “yes”, it was saying “yes, but…”.
- Yes, you can afford to give.
- Yes, it’s a generous thing to do.
- BUT, think about the balance. Is this a one-way street? Is there reciprocity, even if not financial?
So, it wasn’t the straightforward “YES!” I maybe hoped for. It was more like a conditional yes. It made me stop and think harder. It wasn’t just about if I should lend the money, but how I should do it, and what the understanding was. Would it be a gift? A loan with clear terms? What felt fair to me and maintained the balance the card seemed to highlight?
In the end, I decided the answer leaned more towards yes, but with caution. The card pushed me to think about it not just as handing over cash, but as an exchange. I ended up having a very open chat with my friend, setting clear, gentle expectations about repayment down the line, not as a demand, but as part of keeping things balanced between us. The card didn’t just give an answer; it gave me perspective on how to act on that answer. So yeah, for me, Six of Pentacles in a yes/no? It’s usually a yes, but it comes with homework – you gotta make sure the scales stay balanced.
