The Devil and Three of Pentacles

The Devil with the middle Capricorn decan. The Three of Pentacles is the craftsman consulted by two people holding the plans. The tradition reads the pair as skilled work inside an arrangement that has something binding about it, and is interested in whether the binding is a contract or a compulsion.

Associated with building something jointly under terms one party would not choose again.

Genuinely good work inside an arrangement that is hard to leave. Frequently read where the competence is what makes leaving costly.

The Three is a card about being valued for what you can do. The pair asks whether that value is currently the reward or the chain.