4 of Pentacles

This card is all about solid foundations to me.
It's double earth as the element of the suit of Pentacles is earth and the element of the number 4 is earth too.
So it's solid, stable, fixed, unmovable.
It gives a good, solid base on which to build but it can also be a bit too bogged down, a bit too stiff and unmoving.

I'm not getting the holding things close as much with this card as with many versions of the 4 of Pentacles as the image on the card seems quite open although having said that the bloke with the pentacles is quite stuck in that position, there isn't really much room for him to go anywhere or do anything without losing his pentacles so in that sense he certainly is holding onto them.

Just had another thought as I'm sitting gazing at this card.
He's not closed off or holding he coins to him as he is in other decks but he is focused on them completely and is so focused on keeping them where they are that it's stopping him from doing anything.
This isn't an easy position to maintain is it?