Card of The Day: Six of Pentacles.
I believe we see a lot of this card in our daily lives. In the Six of Pentacles, a man of wealth is giving money to a beggar kneeling beside him. Another beggar awaits a possible contribution. The wealthy man also holds a scale to measure the worth of those who are asking him for money.
This card shows the complex relationship of need, want, charity, power and control.
No one is judging the man giving out the money or his authority to judge the men asking for charity. The patron is hardly giving to the point where he is diminishing his wealth. The pittance he is giving the beggars is hardly enough to bring them up out of poverty.
When you see this card, ask yourself what your relationship to charity is. Are you in need of help from a benefactor? Will you have to sacrifice some dignity asking for assistance? Are you in a position to give charity? Are you using your helpfulness as true giving, or power and influence over those receiving your money.
Who has not heard water cooler talk of the distain for street beggars, welfare recipients, and asylum seekers. It is so easy to judge these people. It is so hard to be these people.
When you decide to give, think very carefully about what your doing, and why your doing it. The world may very well depend on your relationship with this card.
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