Four of Pentacles

Upright

Holding on tightly. Security that's real, and a grip that may have gone past useful into afraid.

Reversed

Loosening the grip — generosity, or a loss that forces one.

Its element

Earth — the body, money, work, the material. Earth is slow, and slow is why it is the only suit that compounds.

the Sun in Capricorn — the specific weather this card sits in.

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