Knight of Pentacles definitions

The Knight of Pentacles is a hard working young man, not particularly imaginative or ambitious.

Rider-Waite: Knight of Pentacles

He rides a slow, enduring, heavy horse, to which his own aspect corresponds. He exhibits his symbol, but does not look therein.

Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude—all on the normal and external plane.

Additional Meanings: An useful man; useful discoveries.

Reversed Knight of Pentacles

Inertia, idleness, repose of that kind, stagnation; also placidity, discouragement, carelessness.

Additional Meanings: A brave man out of employment.

Book of Thoth - Prince of Disks

The character denoted by this card is that of great energy brought to bear upon the most solid of practical matters. He is energetic and enduring, a capable manager, a steadfast and per severing worker. He is competent, ingenious, thoughtful, cautious, 'trustworthy, imperturbable; he constantly seeks new uses for common things, and adapts his circumstances to his purposes in a slow, steady, well-thought out plan.

He is lacking almost entirely in emotion. He is somewhat in sensitive, and may appear dull, but he is not; it so appears because he makes no effort to understand ideas which are beyond his scope. He may often appear stupid, and is inclined to be resentful of more spiritual types. He is slow to anger, but, if driven, becomes implacable. It is not very practicable to distinguish between the good and evil dignities in this card; one can merely say that, in case of his being ill-dignified, both the quality and quantity of his characteristics are somewhat degraded. The reaction of others to him will depend almost entirely upon their own temperaments.

A practical young man.

Golden Dawn - Prince of Pentacles

Prince of the Chariot of Earth

Increase of matter, increase of good and evil, solidifies, practically applies things, steady, reliable.

Ill-dignified

Animal, material, stupid. Is either slow to anger, but furious if roused.

Mathers: Knight of Pentacles

A useful Man, Trustworthy, Wisdom, Economy, Order, Regulation.

Reversed Knight of Pentacles

A brave Man, but out of Employment, Idle, Unemployed, Negligent.

Etteilla: Knight of Pentacles

Utility, Serviceable, Benefit, Gain, Profit, Interest. Profitable, Interesting, Worthwhile, Important, Necessary, Obliging, Officious.

Reversed Knight of Pentacles

Peace, Tranquility, Repose, Sleep, Apathy, Inertia, Stagnation, Inactivity, Idleness. Leisure, Pass-times. Recreation, Carefree, Nonchalance, Indolence, Laziness, Doing Nothing, Dullness, Discouragement, Exhaustion.

Thierens: Knight of Pentacles

TRADITION

Utility, advantage, serviceableness, profit, interest, gain, importance, necessity. Reversed it is said to give: Repose, tranquillity, apathy, inertia, idleness, discouragement; also recreation, etc.

THEORY

The Fire on the Eighth and on the Fourth house, personified. The traditional renderings are not bad but far from complete. The eighth house is that of our debts, money of other people and of the dead in particular. So the querent may profit by legacies or inheritance. Consequently the benefic influence on the weak point in our material conditions may be interpreted as: advantage, interest, etc. But the knight is always a personification, too, and this is not given in the traditional interpretation. We must see him as a person who is obliging, carrying out a will, coming to the aid of the querent, secretly or confidentially perhaps, at least not publicly, visiting him in his house, saving him from material and financial troubles. It may be a loan, inheritance or advance, but without any hard conditions connected with it, so it may be a present. On the other hand the houses mentioned give the tendency to retire from the outer world; this accounts for renderings such as 'inactivity, inertia,' etc.... We should say, it means the tendency to enjoy the good things of the heart(s) within one's own private or family circle, in repose, in some retreat, secretly. In weak cases there may be some danger of degeneration into idleness or indolence, etc. In connection with the fourth house, ruling family matters and the past, the home and the storehouse (of memory, e.g.) the card must have to do with pleasant memories, recollections, people we have known before; collections and collecting.

CONCLUSION

A good help, discreet aid in financial difficulties, paying of debts; advantage, interest, etc. And the person who brings these to the querent. Loan, inheritance, advance, present. Happy memories, collections and collecting, recollection; savings. Persons whom we have known before or who stand in a nearer relation to us than is known or announced publicly. In weak cases: indolence, secret enjoyment, idleness, stagnation, etc.