February 6, 2022: II of Pentacles and Page of Pentacles

The card image on the II of Pentacles shows a playful white ferret playing on top of a precarious arrangement of gold coins, balanced on top of three gold nuggets (with the smallest nugget at the bottom, adding to the precariousness of the image).  Ferrets are playful and this one is showing us that he is able to balance and still move around, shifting his body and his attention as needed.  The keywords for this card are fun, indecisiveness, juggling, and finances.

 

The image on the Page of Pentacles shows a powerful-looking woman with very short hair pulling herself up into an overgrown canopy of vines so she can reach a golden coin, fruit of the vines above her.  The keywords for this card are physical, earthly, initiative, and practical.  

 

I love the image on the True Black II of Pentacles because my son used to have ferrets. They are cute and playful, and everything is a game to them.  It is easy for me to visualize this white ferret scampering around, tilting the nuggets and two golden coins as it plays.  While this is certainly fun, sooner or later the ferret will make a misstep and everything will come tumbling down.  As always, balance takes focus and like the state of grace, it is meant to be temporary.  

 

Our Page of Pentacles also seems to be testing her ability to balance, but her balance is in part due to her physical strength rather than her knack for keeping moving enough to prevent things from toppling.  Like the ferret of the II of Pentacles, the Page of Pentacles enjoys working with her body, and she enjoys the sensations of her own body, the practical skills she is learning to wield, and the beauty of nature around her.

 

It’s a good thing we have the creativity of the number 2 within these two cards, as well as the youthful enthusiasm shared by all the Pages, because we have a lot of Earth to deal with today, and Earth can manifest heavy slowness without the motion added by the number 2 and our Page.  We can have fun, for sure, but we will remain practical and not lose our focus.