Early expansion of material life, work, body. The energy of earth expressed through the number 3.
A sculptor at his work in a monastery. Compare the design which illustrates the Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice or amateur therein has received his reward and is now at work in earnest. Divinatory Meanings : Metier, trade, skilled labour; usually, however, regarded as a card of nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory. Reversed : Mediocrity, in work and otherwise, puerility, pettiness, weakness.