All fluff, no action.

This week’s 3 Card Focus revolves around the Knight of Swords reversed, 3 of Pentacles reversed, and the Knight of Pentacles reversed.

Knight of Swords reversed: All fluff, no stuff.  There’s a lot of talking and talking and talking and talking… and while this isn’t usually a bad thing, it becomes a bad thing when you work with others and can’t back up all of your “talk”.

3 of Pentacles reversed: Some work is completed, but there is no pride to show it off.  Unfortunately, the inability to show off the work has brought the project to a halt.  There are missing pieces to the puzzle – maybe a weak foundation.

Knight of Pentacles, reversed: There’s the need to reap the rewards, while being lazy to do anything.  If any work is being done, sloppiness is making itself evident.

Thoughts: If you are going to work with others, remember to keep your promises or stay true to your words.  In other words, don’t be all talk.  Make an effort or do something, to back your words.  If you don’t have enough pride to bring your work to the table, it doesn’t help the team.  Communicate with them, tell them what is going on.  It can make things worse when they think you aren’t doing your share.  And laziness is not the way to get rewarded.

I thought it was interesting to see two Knights reversed here – especially since Knights represent the next stage in development (from Pages) – learning and action.  With the two Knights reversed, I see no action – it’s come to a halt for some reason.  Another interesting thing, was the two reversed Pentacles.  Pentacles represent “reality” in the sense of stability, finances, and possessions.

Altogether in one sentence, these cards read to me as: All talk and no action won’t get you rewarded.

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Today’s drawing brings us the Knight of Pentacles.

I drew this card and felt like I’ve written about it in the past, but searching through my directory, I couldn’t find anything about this card.  This card seems so familiar.  So, here we are, Knight of Pentacles.

Looking at the Waite deck… it’s a warm, summer evening.  I can hear the clip-clopping of the horse coming towards me.  Finally reaching me, I meet the Knight of Pentacles.  He is a messenger of sorts.  He’s come to meet with a message.  He has a story to tell.  He has knowledge to share.  He travels around, from place to place, person to person, teaching others lessons learned from life.

I also like to think of the Knight of Pentacles as that person that will astound you with useless and random facts.

To me, he seems like a mentor type of person.  Like a person that will take you under their wing, teach you whatever it is that you need to know.

Basically, the Knight of Pentacles is about knowledge, teaching, and wisdom.

Reversed: With the Knight of Pentacles reversed, there is a person that is basically a stick in the mud.  This person is lacking ambition, probably due to the fact that they’re not being mentally stimulated.  I see this person as the person sitting in a dead-end job.  This person has a lot of knowledge, a lot of brains, but it’s not being utilized properly.  In other words, there’s no outlet for it it.  Since their brain isn’t being used to the fullest extent, this person’s brain is turning to mush!

My keywords for the Knight of Pentacles reversed are: lazy, stubborn, lacking ambition, not challenged