The Four of Coins shows us the hazards of excessive materialism and control. When we seek happiness through the collection of external things, we cease to live with an open heart; instead, our hearts clamp up out of fear of losing that which we invest with too much value. When this card appears for you, you are being asked, what leads you to desire more than what is needed? How safe and protected do you feel without your material fixes? Are you able to rise above your object of desire after attaining it?