Five of Pentacles and Six of Pentacles

Hardship and the help that follows it, and the tradition attaches an uncomfortable note to the pair: the Six is drawn with one figure giving and two receiving, so the help arrives with a power difference attached.

Associated with support given during a difficult period, and with the imbalance that can outlast the difficulty.

Financial trouble followed by assistance. Read for loans, investment and family money as often as for charity.

The Five is drawn walking past a lit window. Both cards ask whether help was available and unasked for rather than absent.