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King of Pentacles
House of Pentacles · survival, class, work that consumes the self
Tim Allen
The domestic tool-god of American sitcom masculinity
Hephaestus of the Suburbs
The domestic tool-god of American sitcom masculinity. The man who confuses practical authority with emotional authority.
The man who confuses practical authority with emotional authority.
Upright
Usefulness, repair, craft, domestic anchoring.
Reversed
Rigid dad logic. Emotional avoidance through labor and jokes.
Major Roles
Home Improvement, Toy Story, The Santa Clause, Galaxy Quest, Last Man Standing
Iconography
A king sits on a throne of stone in a garden of his own making. Vines grow around him. He built this. He is still not sure what it means.
Mythic function
The King of Pentacles has mastered the material world and now faces the harder question of what that mastery is for. These are the builders who outlive their own projects and must find new meaning in what remains.
“What you built is yours. Now ask what you built it for.”