Generally a bleak omen, the Five of Pentacles is often linked to a lack of security and at worse homelessness. This card refers to not the act of charity but to those in need of it. It is also somewhat cynical of charitable organisations and religious morality in action. In many decks, including the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, the card depicts two injured mendicants struggling in a cold night outside the lights of a church window. While it might be expected that the church would care for these people down on their luck, here we see it is apparently not the case. Following this line of thought, it may be a signal to remember the core values at the heart of one's beliefs and to consider if they have been strayed from.