Two cards in conversation

Ace of Pentacles + Page of Pentacles

People often bring two cards with a question about what will happen. Olivia reads a pair as a conversation instead: what each card brings, and what appears between them.

  • The same suit

Five ways to read this pair

Try one lens at a time. Write a sentence for each before you read anyone else’s version.

  1. Story

    Read Ace of Pentacles first, then Page of Pentacles, as two scenes of one story. What changes between them?

  2. Contrast

    Where do Ace of Pentacles and Page of Pentacles pull in different directions, and what does each ask of you?

  3. One colours the other

    Let Page of Pentacles describe the way of Ace of Pentacles, as an adjective describes a noun. Then swap them.

  4. A shared symbol

    No carved symbol is shared here. Look for a gesture, a direction or a colour the two images have in common.

  5. Number, suit and element

    Both are Pentacles: two steps of one suit. Which comes first in the sequence, and what lies between them?

One reader’s version

With the Ace of Pentacles, the coin passes from offer to study. The Ace is the opportunity held out; the Page is the one who takes it in both hands and looks closely. Together they ask what you will do with a practical beginning.

Written for the page of Page of Pentacles