The Three of Disks or Pentacles, RWS/Thoth Tarot Card Meaning

Meanings Upright, Ill-dignified, and Reversed, rx
Rider Waite Smith, and Thoth

Occult Name: The Lord of Material Works
Three of Disks or Pentacles in timing: Three years; or from December 31st - January 9th Kabbalah: Binah in Assiah
Reading with Playing Cards: Equivalent to the Three of Diamonds

The Three of Disks (Pentacles) Meaning

The Three of Disks or Pentacles card, by both deck images shown (Thoth and RWS), is one of accomplishment. One of its main messages is, that you are journeying down the road to achievement, or that you have the necessary setting, skills, tools, and resources to do well, and that now's the time to get to work. You need to brainstorm how to make things work with fluidity in this setting; this may include applying the right persons to the right tasks, or enlightening people on the finer points of their tasks,  and setting priorities correctly.

The Three of Disks urges you to take pride in what you do, be it your career, an enterprise, or a relationship; nothing great happens without due effort on your part. It can also refer to a situation experiencing beneficial change; but effort is an underlying factor... nothing "just happens," even when it appears to have done just that.

In matters financial, it's a great card to see, as it speaks of a great potential for financial affluence.

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The Three of Disks (Pentacles) Dignified or Upright

• Your efforts have achieved a positive end result.
• Taking pride in one's work.
• High quality, dependable workmanship.
• An adept and skilled worker.
• A healthy interactive collaboration.
• May refer to you being kind in interactions with others, or them being kind to you.
• Engaging in the dynamics of society (social interactions, gestures of good will, etc) will help you to achieve success.
• May refer to society's upper crust, such as royalty, the wealthy, those who have achieved fame and fortune, and so on.
• A noble demeanor.
• An artisan or tradesman.
• Career, work, occupation, or profession.
• Urges you to perform acts of kindness and generosity for those around you.
• Paid work.
• Spiritually sound.
• Regarded for taking sound action.
• Fixing up that which has suffered erosion through time and decay, neglect, or the elements.
• Leading by example.
• May refer to a connection that will prove beneficial in career or finances.
• A healthy marriage or other relationship.
• At times refers to one's rightful place and/or function within society.
• You get out of a situation an equivalent value to what you invest in it.
• Creating improvements that will enable optimal success.
• A sharp mind as applied to business, enterprise, financial matters, and so on.
• Construction and/or architecture.
• Has achieved a high status within their trade.
• Having great expectations or magnificent goals.
• Is held in high regard.
• A "big deal," or a large event or happening.

The Three of Disks (Pentacles) Ill Dignified or Reversed

• Poor workmanship.
• A connection doesn't yield the desired result, or just isn't what you had hoped for.
• Immaturity or childishness.
• Splitting hairs or "nit-picking"; far too detail oriented.
• Perceived shortcomings or weaknesses.
• Embarrassment or humiliation.
• Perceiving one's value as lower than others.
• One's actions are considered detrimental, harmful, or despicable.
• A person who is disliked or under-appreciated.
• Lacking the team player spirit, or is outrightly selfish.
• Uses business acumen to meet own ends.
• Unethical behavior.
• Biased thinking.
• Goals are grander than what can realistically be achieved.
• May refer to fanfare, frivolity, epic silliness, or much ado about nothing.
• Small rewards.
• On a small scale.
• A humble individual.
• Lessening.
• Current actions are making matters worse.
• Undoing what has already been achieved.
• A sudden change for the worse.
• Seen as poor or needy.
• Lacking class.
• Begging, or behavior that comes across as beggar-like.
• Work done only for the profit to be had.
• Overly concerned with pleasing others.
• May refer to childhood.
• Unkind acts that seem purposely executed to harm one or more others.
• A matter that should be insignificant is blown up to become something large.
• You were working on a matter that didn't turn out quite as you wanted; however, there is nothing stopping you from creating improvement either now or later on.

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Illustrations from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck®, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA. Copyright ©1971 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Further reproduction prohibited. The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck® is a registered trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

RWS image is a Wikimedia file from a 1909 deck originally scanned by Holly Voley http://home.comcast.net/~vilex/

Thoth image copyright (c) US Games Systems Inc.; AGMuller; O.T.O.

The Three of Cups, RWS and Thoth Tarot Card Meaning

Meanings Upright, Ill-dignified, and Reversed, rx
Rider Waite Smith, and Thoth

Occult Name: The Lord of Abundance
Three of Cups in timing: Three months; or from July 2nd - 11th
Kabbalah: Binah in Briah
Reading with Playing Cards: Equivalent to the Three of Hearts

The Three of Cups, RWS and Thoth

The Three of Cups card, as denoted by its title, Abundance, at its ideal it is largely about happiness and affluence. When well dignified, this card refers to joyous events, happy endings, and such the like. It relates to water, or emotion, at the astrological house of friendship. Given this, we can say that to achieve many of the things we need to be truly happy within this lifetime, first we have to know that happiness is not a solo project, it's a group or community effort.

If one wants to live a rich and joyous life, they should be socially interactive, kind, compassionate, giving, reliable, honest, trustworthy, and so on and so forth. By putting positive aspects of yourself out there, and by graciously accepting help and good natured offerings given you by those within your community or social circle, you are paving the road to success.


Additionally, being a valid part of a community or any group, helps steer you towards being a well rounded human and spiritual being. Some people experience negatives within their communities or social circles, and the hit they take turns them reclusive. For a while the seclusion may feel comforting as their ego and spirit heal. After a while though comes time when that individual should ideally return to their social standing. If they can't make it work, then a more appropriate setting is required, one where they feel they belong.

The Three of Cups at times represents some darker possibilities. For one thing it hints at the fact that too much of any good thing, is no longer a good thing. It can also relate to people presenting their best self in order to meet their ends, but their kind words and actions don't relay the truth of their feelings. In essence though, the Three of Cups is telling us that we need to be living as a part of the great united oneness of being; and that if we don't, some of life's better rewards may evade us.

The Three of Cups Dignified and Upright

• Acting within a community, social circle, family, etc.
• Friendships, and interactions with friends.
• A circumstance involving abundance.
• A celebration or a reason to celebrate, including the possibility of a birth, engagement, holiday, or wedding.
• A reunion.
• An event where there's fun to be had.
• An enjoyable style of living.
• The type of friend that can be counted on.
• A good/valued/appreciated community member.
• Healthy social interactions.
• You will achieve what you are setting out to do.
• A goal has been satisfactorily reached.
• According to one's requisites or wishes.
• Something that makes you feel happy, or at least better.
• Sound reasoning was used in making a choice or in an assessment.
• Feasting, eating, and drinking.
• Purchasing a new outfit.
• Time off of work for R & R or a holiday.
• Feeling better than you would on an average day.
• Discovering the solution to a problem.
• A reason to put on makeup and wear your Sunday best.
• May refer singing, dancing, or both.
• You are experiencing joy, and wish to share the feeling with others.
• You will obtain even more of what you seek than what is required.
• Fertility.
• Be a team player.
• A return to good health or a more energetic state.
• A cure is available.
• Sexual activity.

The Three of Cups Ill Dignified and Reversed

• In need of help from one's family or community.
• You've been experiencing rejection from a group of people, or are feeling that you have been.
• Being subtly undermined by someone within your social circle.
• You have reached the end of a period of rest and/or withdrawal.
• Being overly trusting of those within your community.
• Lacking in something you want, need, or crave.
• Overindulgence in sexual activity.
• Feeling down.
• Sent abroad, or transferred to another location.
• A conclusion, or putting closure on a circumstance.
• Selfishness.
• Quick or hurried.
• Having an affair.
• Withdrawal from habitual activity.
• Not feeling up to participating in a social event.
• Someone is only present for the good time to be had.
• Too much of a good thing causing subsequent problems; e.g., a year of bumper crops will cause the prices paid to sellers for produce to fall.
• Indulgences; may include alcohol, medication, drugs, or wallowing in negative emotions.
• Health matters related to overeating or consuming too much alcohol.

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Illustrations from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck®, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA. Copyright ©1971 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Further reproduction prohibited. The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck® is a registered trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

RWS image is a Wikimedia file from a 1909 deck originally scanned by Holly Voley http://home.comcast.net/~vilex/

Thoth image copyright (c) US Games Systems Inc.; AGMuller; O.T.O.