Prince of Pentacles
Posted in DruidCraft Tarot, Tarot on December 25th, 2010 by Kristine GazelFestival of Life, Christmas: – Dec 25th This card shows us how to connect directly with Spirit.
Again, I want to rephrase the description. I want it to say: This card show us how to connect with Soul – since that is of outmost importantance to me in this phase of my life. (If you have read works of Hillman or Woodman you will have an idea of what I mean by “Soul”).
I shuffle and draw Prince of Pentacles.
He is a Prince of the Earth, being grounded and bound to the land and the earth – as the Queen. He has the downward pointing Triquetra of the Goddess on the horse collar. And the five pointed star on his shield – which is also a symbol of the Divine Feminine.
Connecting to light and to soul is both about being patient, earthbound, and sensuous.
The reverse meaning of the card is interesting in terms of Soulmaking. It says (from the accompanying book):
“… [A] search for the gold in the self that lies in the darkness, that needs a period of introspection and apparent inactivity to unearth it.”
Golddigging is an apt metaphor of soulsearching – finding the gold in the darkness, learning to know one’s Soul by patiently digging and accepting to get dirty in the process.