For work & vocation

Tarot for Career & Calling

Career questions sit at the intersection of will, craft, and circumstance. Tarot is well-suited to that intersection — it names the thing you have been almost-saying about your work, and sometimes the thing the work has been almost-saying back.

Use tarot when you are between two options, when a project has gone quiet, when the work has begun to feel either misaligned or like it is finally arriving. The cards below come up often in career readings — Magician, Emperor, Wheel — but the most informative ones are usually the Pentacles, which speak to craft, money, and the slow plate of real work.

Common cards in career readings

  1. I
    The Magician
    manifestation, willpower, skill, concentration, resourcefulness
  2. IV
    The Emperor
    authority, structure, stability, responsibility, father figure
  3. VII
    The Chariot
    victory, willpower, control, journey, success through effort
  4. X
    Wheel of Fortune
    destiny, change, life cycles, timing, coincidence
  5. I
    Ace of Pentacles
    new financial opportunity, manifestation, abundance, tangible beginning, solid offer
  6. III
    Three of Pentacles
    teamwork, collaboration, mastery, recognition, building foundations
  7. IV
    Four of Pentacles
    possessiveness, financial stability, hoarding, control, scarcity mindset
  8. VIII
    Eight of Pentacles
    apprenticeship, diligence, mastery, attention to detail, repetitive work
  9. X
    Ten of Pentacles
    lasting wealth, family legacy, long-term stability, generational abundance, retirement
  10. Pg
    Page of Pentacles
    new study, financial opportunity, diligence, practical news, manifestation
  11. Kn
    Knight of Pentacles
    responsibility, patience, hard work, reliability, steady progress
  12. Kg
    King of Pentacles
    ultimate wealth, business success, stability, reliable leadership, abundance
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