Nine of Disks — Gain is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Disks in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of gain, wellbeing, good fortune and prosperity. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Yesod, the element Earth and Venus in Virgo in astrology.
gain · wellbeing · good fortune · prosperity · inheritance
What does Nine of Disks mean?
Gather the fruits of your work: fortune supports those who have handled their resources with care.
Everyday meaning
Gain, material good fortune, wellbeing. It points to inheritances, strokes of luck, concrete results and a financial stability obtained through merit or favourable fate.
Psychological meaning
The satisfaction of enjoying the fruits of your own work; the inner security that comes from having reached a certain independence.
Initiatic meaning
Earth in Yesod, the Foundation, with Venus in Virgo, her sign of fall, in the second decan: Venusian beauty becomes practical and concrete. Gain is matter finding its stable foundation, the fortune that arises from the union of good luck and good management.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals greed, ostentation, the loss of what you have gained.
Nine of Disks reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Unstable earnings, losses, dependence on other people's money.
Nine of Disks in love, work and spirit
In love
Shared wellbeing, a stable relationship, emotional and material security.
At work and career
Earnings, inheritances, financial success, greater economic independence.
In spiritual practice
Recognising the grace that manifests even in material wellbeing.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Nine of Disks
Yesod · Earth · Venus in Virgo
Crowley on Nine of Disks
Crowley arranges nine disks: three at the centre, in a column, surrounded by the other six, almost like planetary coins: fortune gathering around a stable foundation.
Frequently asked questions
What does Nine of Disks mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Gather the fruits of your work: fortune supports those who have handled their resources with care.
What does Nine of Disks mean in love?
Shared wellbeing, a stable relationship, emotional and material security.
What does Nine of Disks mean for work and career?
Earnings, inheritances, financial success, greater economic independence.
What does Nine of Disks mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Unstable earnings, losses, dependence on other people's money.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Nine of Disks?
In the Golden Dawn system Nine of Disks corresponds to the sephirah Yesod, the element Earth and Venus in Virgo in astrology.
