The Five of Pentacles as How Someone Sees You: Struggling, and Possibly Alone With It

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Five of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see the figures in the snow. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, the Five of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see you as struggling: in a hard season, short of something, out in the cold. It can be a sympathetic picture. It can also be a distancing one, if the person does not know how to help.

This is you as the figure in the snow passing the lit window. They see the cold. They may not see that they could be the window.

The Five of Pentacles upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Five of Pentacles guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with need, poverty, insecurity and isolation. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Five of Pentacles as feelings covers what they feel; the Five of Pentacles as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Five of Pentacles as a person who sees you as having a hard time and perhaps as proud about not asking.

What I would not read into it is pity in a bad sense. It may simply be concern.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm whether they intend to help, or know how. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Five of Pentacles reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Five of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see you recovering, coming in from the cold.

In your own question, ask whether the person has noticed things improving for you. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Five of Pentacles as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Five of Pentacles suggests they see you as going through a rough time, perhaps with guilt. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Five of Pentacles as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they see you in a hard stretch. If you need help, the card says ask.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at whether the person offers practical help or keeps a careful distance.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what you are struggling with, and whether you have let this person see it.

For comparison, the Nine of Swords as how someone sees you and the Six of Pentacles as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Five of Pentacles card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Five of Pentacles as a yes or no and the Five of Pentacles as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.