Known also as the Lord of the Wild and Fertile Land and King of the Spirits of Earth and represents steadiness, patience, diligence and protectiveness.
The Knight of Pentacles is practical - he represents the physical actions that you must take to materialise your ideas. The suit of Pentacles is of Earth (matter) and the Knight brings Fire (action) to the equation. Without action on the material plane, ideas remain ideas and do not have the benefit of manifestation.
As this Knight is of the Earth, he also can represent one's health, or physicality. Taking actions towards improving and maintaining one's health is important.
Often the Knight of Pentacles is depicted as the only Knight whose horse is not in motion - but I have also seen many that are. Knights are always about movement, the Knight of Pentacles just moves more slowly and deliberately than the others. He is not driven by passion, emotion or ideas, but by creating a legacy that will withstand the test of time. He is not in a hurry, as perhaps are the other Knights/
When he comes up in a reading for you, he is here to tell you that it is time to put your considered plans into action, to take responsibility for building something that is designed to last a long time, and to take care and time to do it. He says that anything worth doing is worth doing well.
The Knight can also appear in your life as a young man, studious, steady, serious, perhaps a little bit boring, but he is reliable and will not let you down.
The truth about people we come across in our lives that are or that become important to us are merely a reflection of our own unacknowledged qualities - those we admire and those we despise are equally put in our path to teach us something about ourselves, and it is our opportunity to integrate these qualities and become more whole in doing so.
What plans do you have that you can take action towards now, and make tangible? The rewards for putting is a suitable effort will be large.
Image "Knight of Pentacles" G A Rosenberg.