The Three of Pentacles as Intentions: To Build It With You, Properly

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Three of Pentacles as intentions is a plan with drawings and a team. Here is what I would read in it, upright and reversed, and why respect comes first.

If you want the short answer, I would read the Three of Pentacles as intentions that are respectful, constructive and collaborative. In an intentions position the card suggests the person means to build something with you, step by step, as partners in the work. The intention is serious and unglamorous. Whether it is romantic is something the building will reveal.

This is the mason at the bench with the two who hold the plans. The person intends to work with you. They intend to do it well.

The Three of Pentacles upright as intentions

Tina Gong's the Three of Pentacles guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with teamwork, collaboration, skill recognised and building in stages. 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 Three of Pentacles as feelings covers the first, and this page covers the second. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Three of Pentacles as a person who intends cooperation: to value what you bring, to make plans with you rather than for you, to build whatever is between you carefully and in order. There is warmth in it and there is professionalism, and the professionalism can be mistaken for distance.

What I would not read into it is passion. The Three of Pentacles intends to construct. For some people that is exactly how love is intended. For others it reads as a colleague.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm attraction as opposed to regard, that the person's plans for what you are building match yours, or that they intend to build anything beyond what is already there. 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 Three of Pentacles reversed as intentions

Reversed, the Three of Pentacles as intentions describes cooperation failing: a person who does not intend to value your contribution, who intends to build with you and cannot agree on the plan, or whose intention toward you has become all effort and no warmth.

In your own question, ask whether the person seems to dismiss what you contribute, or whether you both want something and keep disagreeing about how to make it. A reversed card as intentions is a prompt to compare what is said with what is done, not a diagnosis of bad faith.

The Three of Pentacles as an ex's intentions

Asked about an ex, the Three of Pentacles as intentions can suggest they intend to work well with you in some new shape: co-parents, colleagues, friends. That is a good outcome and a settled one. Occasionally it describes an ex who intends to rebuild properly, and that shows up as a plan, not a feeling. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Three of Pentacles as a new person's intentions

For someone new, this card describes serious, respectful intent from someone who wants to build rather than rush. Match the pace and bring something to the work. The Three of Pentacles intends more with people it admires.

What their intentions look like in action

Look for collaboration and respect: they ask your opinion, they value your skills, they make plans with you. A Three of Pentacles intention looks like being taken seriously. Whether it is also romantic is answered by whether the building ever includes the heart.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what the person has shown they respect about you, and whether there is any warmth alongside the respect. The third note is the one to watch.

For comparison, the Eight of Pentacles as intentions and the Knight of Pentacles as intentions describe different intentions. The the Three of Pentacles card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Three of Pentacles as timing and the Three 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.