Eight of Pentacles in 3 Minutes

Eight of Pentacles Upright: Productive work. Patient, steadfast, methodical. Learning a new skill, profession or trade. Discipline, working in a step by step manner, skipping nothing. Attention to detail. Lining up your resources. Using what you have on hand to creating something you believe in.

Eight of Pentacles Upright Best Course of Action: Get to work! Put your nose to the grindstone and do the job. Focus on production, not results. Watch the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves. Be patient and hardworking. Don’t skip steps. Do your research, homework, prepare, memorize, compose, put pen to paper, get to the gym, studio, or work space.

Eight of Pentacles Reversed: Unsatisfying work. Impatience, doing things the wrong way, not following the needed instructions or directions. A system no longer working, no longer producing desired results. Quitting, giving up, failing. Feeling exasperated with a project or co-worker.

Eight of Pentacles Reversed Best Course of Action: Try a different approach. Letting go of an unworkable method or project. Stop working for a spell.May be a call to leave an unsatisfying job, especially one which doesn’t compensate you appropriately. May be merely a call to rest.