"A handsome sturdy husband who builds handsome sturdy walls." - Pocahontas
The Knight of Pentacles represents someone in your life who is hardworking, reliable and steadfast. He is patient and cautious, the very embodiment of "slow and steady wins the race". He is very responsible, loyal and persistent. He knows relies on his discipline and practicality, though he can be a bit stubborn and slow. He enters your life to tell you that dreams come true when you wait for them and put your persistence and hard work to good, solid use. He is okay with not jumping in right away because he is willing to look at all the facts before he does so.
::Who's Who On This Card::
1. Wall-e from Wall-e - Wall-e spent 700 years cleaning up planet Earth, one trash cube at a time. He has a job to do and he plods along at this task, not really developing much of a personality until halfway through the film. He is persistent in everything he does though, standing firm and not quitting until whatever job he sets his mind to is done.
2. Kocoum from Pocahontas - Though everyone in Pocahontas' village knew Kocoum would make a fine husband, still like even Grandmother Willow said, "but he's so serious!" The Knight of Pentacles often has trouble showing emotion because he is such a hard worker, which Pocahontas makes light of when she jokes, "I especially love his smile." Kocoum also overall represented the tried and true route for Pocahontas, the "responsible" course of action, which she states would have been, "the smoothest course, steady as the beating drum". He's a very handsome man, but often forgets life should also be fun.
3. Simon Tam from Firefly - The manicured, ambitious valedictorian and bookish Simon Tam was very devoted to his studies all his life, growing up to be a doctor eventually. He works hard for what he wants, can be a bit of a stick in the mud and the first thing that he did that really stepped out of line was rescuing his sister and escaping on Serenity. He's not much of a dreamer, but he gets the job done.
4. Appalachian Coal Miners - The man of simple means but who worked unwaveringly to build America, the coal miners are a bit of Americana folklore. They toiled away, day after day, providing for their families while following tradition and conservative values. Disciplined and stubborn, the old stories tell of men like this who were patient, reliable and steadfast.
5. The Tortoise from The Tortoise and the Hare - One of Aesop's fables, this old story shows the thought patterns of the how the slow and steady can and do win the race. The Knight of Pentacles may be slow, but his slowness is his power. He always finishes what he starts and will beat any rabbit through persistence and putting one foot in front of the other carefully and diligently.
6. Aaron Burr from Hamilton - Aaron Burr is hands down the most Knight of Pentacles character I've ever come across! He is the exact spitting image of this trope! Throughout Hamilton, he is shown to be self-disciplined, methodical and guarded-- sticking to his belief in patient hard work to reach his goals. His song "Wait For It" in the musical is a love song to the ideals of the Knight of Pentacles. As he himself sings, "I'm not falling behind or running late, I'm not standing still-- I am lying in wait."
