Queen of Pentacles

Artist: Morgan Shelley

The Queen of Pentacles is an invitation to nourish our bodies and reparent or tend to our inner kid, if necessary. The light of this card is interdependence, shared resources, or a deep trust with oneself. The shadow of this card is hyper-independence, imbalance, or scarcity mindsets and behaviors. There is a connection between what is within and our surroundings that cannot be ignored. The flowers root deep within the vessel to access sustenance from the pentacle and take up space beyond it. The vessel has both hands on the star, as shown in many Queen of Pentacles cards, and I was deeply inspired by Dreamcatcher’s “Justice” while creating my card. In the song’s music video, group member Handong kneels to the Earth and holds a light or star between her hands. She is in darkness, surrounded by smaller lights, and depicted as an angel. This card is a mother to all mothers and a reminder to care for all versions of ourselves without shame. (Replace “mother” with any term that makes you feel centered). I graduated from St. Kate’s this year and wish I honored the needs of my body as a student. As a chronically ill creature, university was a draining and at times traumatic experience as I often had to give more than I could offer. Queen of Pentacles is a reminder that others need not understand or approve the practices we need to stay rooted in ourselves or care for our sick bodies.