The Queen of Pentacles as Intentions: To Look After You, Practically

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Queen of Pentacles as intentions is a plan to make sure you have eaten. Here is what I would read in it, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, I would read the Queen of Pentacles as intentions that are nurturing, practical and warm. In an intentions position the card suggests the person means to look after you: to make things comfortable, to help in concrete ways, to bring you into a home. The intention is generous and grounded. Whether it is romantic is something their other behaviour will tell you.

This is the Queen in the garden with the rabbit at her feet. She intends to tend. You are, at the moment, one of the things in the garden.

The Queen of Pentacles upright as intentions

Tina Gong's the Queen of Pentacles guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with nurturing, practicality, security and comfort. When the card lands in a position that asks what someone intends toward you, I read those meanings as the shape of their plan rather than as a promise about what they will do. Feelings and intentions are different questions; the Queen of Pentacles as feelings covers the first, and this page covers the second. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Queen of Pentacles as a person whose intention toward you is care in its practical form: feeding, helping, remembering, providing. They mean to make your life easier. They may intend more than that, and if so, it will show up as being brought further into their home and their plans.

What I would not read into it is intensity or declaration. The Queen of Pentacles intends to warm, not to burn. If you are waiting for a sweeping statement, she intends a casserole.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm that the person's care is romantic, that they intend you specifically rather than everyone in reach, or that they want anything back. No card lets a reader see another person's plans. What a card can do is describe the kind of intention that fits the person's behaviour, and give you something to check against what they actually do.

The Queen of Pentacles reversed as intentions

Reversed, the Queen of Pentacles as intentions describes care with a cost: an intention to manage, to smother, to keep you dependent, or support offered with a ledger attached. It can also describe someone so stretched that they intend to look after you and have nothing left to do it with.

In your own question, ask whether the person's care leaves you feeling supported or managed, and whether their generosity seems to come with expectations. A reversed card as intentions is a prompt to compare what is said with what is done, not a diagnosis of bad faith.

The Queen of Pentacles as an ex's intentions

Asked about an ex, the Queen of Pentacles as intentions can suggest they still intend kindness toward you, would want to know you are all right, might help if asked. That is goodwill, and it coexists with having moved on completely. It is not a plan to return. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Queen of Pentacles as a new person's intentions

For someone new, this card describes someone who intends to look after you and will show interest through practical warmth before anything is said. It is a good sign. Whether it is romantic is answered by whether the comforts are for you specifically.

What their intentions look like in action

Look for practical warmth: they feed you, they fix things, they check you got home. A Queen of Pentacles intention is found in the small comforts. To know whether it is more than care, notice whether the comforts are for you or for anyone nearby.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, the specific ways the person has looked after you, and whether those are things they do for everyone. The third note separates fondness from intention.

For comparison, the King of Pentacles as intentions and the Queen of Cups as intentions describe different intentions. The the Queen of Pentacles card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Queen of Pentacles as a person and the Queen of Pentacles as a yes or no 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.