I have always seen him as the "planter" of the economic. The one that plants the seed, starts a new job. The one who strives with enthusiasm and the intention to grow, even if he is not seeing many results at that moment. Before we find balance and settle down, we always have that energy. Hopeful. and able to compensate for lack of experience with extra effort. He is the apprentice, the first step in money stuff, jobs...I see this card as a positive omen for starting something new with small actions, to not make any large investments and in general just working for earning instead of spending in the long run. This is just my perspective tho! And yes, i see the the resemblance to the Fool hahaha.

When I’m having trouble connecting meaning to a minor arcana card, I try s studying/pairing it with the minor arcana cards I know best.

 

It helps me figure out how that card can relates to other cards before I dive deeper into what the card symbolizes by itself.

 

Good Luck!

Do you have a journal? You will need a journal. To start with, give yourself a limited space to write down what clicks for you - say, one page. Then have 2 more blank pages after that page for that card to add to later when you've been working with the cards and the 'idea phrases' or 'idea statements' come to you.

 

You want to distil the essence of the suit, court and number that makes sense to you when you look at the cards. Do this separately. For example Ace is beginnings but the fullest essence of the suit - potential of the essence.

 

For me, Pentacles is about the material world, namely objects (with tangible physical substance) and thus the making, getting and movement of them - but also and especially accumulating them. Accumulating also refers to the human body in health terms, so the body as an object which is accumulating something - chemicals, or also depleted of something. So we can see an association with money and trade and the human body.

 

We can exchange our vital (life force) energy for material things - we work towards it. Greed is one example of an extreme here. Pentacles makes us love food but also eat too much (Pentacles are the heaviest and slowest person of the suits). Greed for accumulating money/material objects can make people marry for money (9 of Pents) and status, or be hoarding/stingy with it (4 of Pents) which might be OK considering how long we have worked toward accumulating what we have (7 of Pents) and the care we've taken to establish something (8 Pents). BUT then there's people who don't have enough to eat to meet their physical needs or no money to buy them shelter or a warm coat and shoes (5 of Pentacles).  Then there's people who are generous with their material accumulation (6 of Pentacles) etcetera. I would also say greed makes us steal, manipulate and control others - do just about anything for money - but that's Devilish/Capricorn - which is an Earth card.

 

The cards will tell us of how we live in our day-to-day lives. Hundreds of years have passed since they were created and the essence of human ways of thinking and being in the world remain. We need to eat and store up for the winter, we think about things, we have feelings and relationships, and we are inspired and move through that inspiration.

 

Not sure if any of that will help. For me in the early days, reading books may mean getting only one 'click' for each card out of hundreds of pages so I stopped reading and trying someone else's ideas on and waited for my own. Also, we need to read things twice because we miss so much.

 

Good luck on your learning journey. 

Edited January 7 by JoyousGirl

This is what I thought of when I learned the Page of Pentacles.  I raised my four kids without help from their father, and it was really a tough job to keep them fed and clothed and everything.  I had two boys and at about the ages Pages would be, when we went to get school clothes and supplies, I had very little money for that because I was paying a mortgage, had considerable car expenses going to work and back because we lived out in the country.  I told the boys that I could afford one pair of jeans brand name jeans or two pairs of economy kind.  (In those days, there weren't designer brands). I had taught the kids that being poor wasn't something to be ashamed of.  As long as they were clean and honest and treated other people kindly that was what counted. They had to wash their clothing at night and have their shower and be tidy for school every day.

 

My oldest son opted for the one pair of name brand jeans and my youngest opted for the two pairs of economy jeans.  When they were at school when they were a little younger, there was a class where each child was given $2 and they could either open a bank account, deposit the money, and then wait to see how much interest they earned by the end of the year.  My youngest son chose to put his in the bank but my oldest son chose to send his because he wasn't going to earn that much in interest.  lol  My youngest son never did get to find out how much interest he'd earned because we moved and lost the bank book,  He'd probably have a tidy little sum by now if he had kept track of the account.

 

This is my Page of Pentacles upright and reversed.  My oldest son was the reversed Page of Pentacles but my youngest son was the upright Page of Pentacles.  It may not make that much sense to anyone else, but it made sense to me.

I honestly think that whilst it's useful to look at each card in isolation for a little while, the true connections and meanings come when you read with them. Otherwise, it's always just "in a vacuum", no context. If you have nothing to apply it to, it will always seem a bit 'lost'.

Are you doing readings as well as trying to learn the cards by rote? I think it helps. Also having a deck whose images are actually suggestive to you of the cards' energy.

I have studied this before it is indeed difficult

You don't have to understand completely all at once. That's the whole process of learning.

You've already got a lot. Now let it sit, and as you progress your understanding will deepen.

One way of getting to know a card better (once you more or less understand its core meaning) is putting it to work in different spread positions. This obviously only applies if you use spreads with specific spread positions (which I do). 

 

Take a spread that you know well and see how you would interpret the Page of Pentacles in each position, or write down a question and put the card next to it as your answer. What does it tell you? 

 

I took some quick pictures for you, using the Deck of 1000 Spreads (which of course you don't need - just use a post-it  note to define the spread position). 

 

What does the Page of Pentacles tell you when it appears as your significator?

 

 

or when it turns up as your problem that you have to solve?

 

 

What does it mean - the Page of Pentacles representing your friends and family? 

 

 

Or as the heart of the situation? This is not the same as a problem - it can also be positive and you need to develop it or build on it. 

 

 

How do your hopes and fears play out in this card? 

 

 

And what it can it tell you about your past life?

 

 

I have always found such exercises very helpful and enlightening. Take your time with it, let the card speak to you. If you can, write it all down - over time,  you'll write your own books of meanings. 

 

Remember: even the best tarot writer can't access your personal inner world, and if a card reminds you of a feeling or experience that you know, write it down and remember it. It will be another thread connecting you to the deck and the cards. 

 

Let the ideas flow. Later,  you can compare your notes to your books - but start with the cards. This will also allow you to find out which book suits your personal reading style best, which resonates with you the most.