In cartomancy with playing cards, the Four of Diamonds (4♦) the card of pacts and agreements.

All fours in cartomancy represent the agreeing of parts, as well as stability. The suit of Diamonds is a suit of material things, money and material values, and therefore the Four of Diamonds represents formal agreements, especially written agreements. By extension, the card has to do with all that is connected with papers, documents, licenses, bureaucracy etc.

Because Diamonds are the suit of money, the Four of Diamonds can represent an agreement about money things, which is also known as a transaction. It represents the buying and selling of things, and, as an extended meaning, it is the significator card for all objects. This includes the package that you are waiting for.

In a love reading, this card is mute. It doesn’t really speak of feelings, and with negative cards it can show ulterior motivea behind a union. With positive cards it can signify common projects and even showing your affection with material gifts.

In a career reading, the Four of Diamonds represents contracts, papers etc. But as an extended meaning it is also connected with desks and with things done at a desk. Broadly, the card can be taken to signify a stable financial situation. Of course, though, the buying and selling of things remains a core meaning when you are doing a reading on the financial side of things. Because of its connection to the bureaucratic side of money, the Four of Diamonds can show a bank account.

Psychologically, the card shows someone who is down to earth and pays attention to concrete things, and is usually ready to compromise, but with negative cards it points to materialism, crassness and one who only thinks about money.

Some Combinations:

4♦ – 9♦ = an increase in your savings (if also 5♥, living in abundance)
4♦ – 5♠ – 7♠ = being destitute
4♦ – 8♦ = a license to practice a business | a business deal
4♦ – 6♦ = psychologically it points to materialism
2♥ – 4♦ = imminent arrival of a package