Illustration by Pamela Colman Smith, 1910. Public domain in the US since 1966 and in the UK since 2021. Vector digitisation of the Rider–Waite–Smith deck by OpenClipart contributor "klaatu-tarot", released public domain.
Two of Pentacles
Harmonious Change
In 1911 Waite gave the Two of Pentacles news and written messages; its reversed list includes handwriting and letters of exchange.
A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III, section 2, Pentacles: Two; Global Grey 2017 transcription.
A dancer holds two coins linked by a figure-eight cord, with ships riding waves behind him.
More context
A young man dances with a pentacle in each hand, joined by a cord shaped like a sideways eight. Ships rise and fall on waves behind him. Waite's 1911 account connects the design with gaiety and recreation, then adds written news, obstacles, agitation, trouble and embroilment. The reversed list includes forced gaiety, simulated enjoyment, handwriting and letters of exchange. It does not reduce the card to successful resource management or make perpetual motion a condition of emotional balance.
Light
Waite gives gaiety and recreation, as well as news and messages in writing.
Shadow
His reversed list includes enforced gaiety and simulated enjoyment; a lively performance need not express actual pleasure.