Three of Pentacles

A virgin, a mother, and a wizened crone stand before you, the same woman separated by time. The sacred Threes combine the brilliance of a single sun with the balance of binary stars, a bright light of ambition in the swirl of the heavens.

Energy and unity provide fertile ground for ambition; whether that ambition begets success or frustration is a mystery the cards may deign to unravel.

Upright

• Skill
• Success
• Improvement

Your art is the ocean and you are the Moon that controls its motion. The effort required to achieve this position leads to confidence and value, both within and without; now you must wait for recognition from the stars, in the form of promotion, wealth or praise.

In domestic matters, comfort approaches through a change in material circumstances. The spaces you roam will be improved. The resources required to make these improvements are at hand.

Inverted

• Frustrated success
• Obstinacy
• Miserliness

Success can be seen but is held out of reach by stubbornness, fear or lack of effort. Your desire for safety is a blanket thrown over your world, smothering the energy and originality required to attain reward.

This attitude may manifest in commercial relationships; indications for rewards that previously seemed guaranteed are not favourable, not because of your own abilities, but because of the attitudes of those in positions of power.