a spread for the five of pentacles

hello, friends. our card this month can be a tough one for folks to see, so i wanted to offer an extra tender, extra gentle tarot spread for y'all to work with as you engage with and explore this energy. but it's me, so we're still going to be asking some important questions, and giving ourselves plenty of space to sit with the answers.

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as we considered earlier this month, the five of pentacles can point us towards several things: areas where we may need help, or types of help we may be refusing. internal conflict, or longings that we aren't fully acknowledging. a desire for physical stability, and a need to take action to create it.

but when i sat down to write this spread, what really came through was a feeling that sometimes, it's hard to parse what we really crave, and what it might look like to pursue that craving.