Waite–Smith, Pentacles
King of Pentacles
What you can see
A crowned figure holds a pentacle and sceptre amid abundant vine patterns. Bulls’ heads decorate the throne, with a building beyond.
What Waite says
Waite associates the card with practical intelligence and successful application. He also notes that pentacles do not restrict every meaning in the suit to money.
Waite · Part III, §2 · printed p. 254 ↗In the Thoth deck
Waite’s courts are King, Queen, Knight and Page. Thoth has Knight, Queen, Prince and Princess, so a rank does not carry straight across. See both ways to match them.
Edition and image credits
Pamela Colman Smith, illustrations in The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Rider 1922 reprint, first published 1910. The scans keep the printed borders and page marks, with no cropping or recolouring.