I tend to agree more with starrystarrynight.
When I first looked at the Six of Pentacles, I didn’t see generosity I saw a balance of power taking place. This man stands above the two beggars, not placing the coins in their hand, but dropping them. The scale caught my eye right away. This is a card of balance. Those who give and those who receive. This is a mutual relationship; this could be financial, emotional or spiritual.
A financial one could be one of generosity or charity. The giver gives a gift that one can afford and that the receiver “will accept”. Many people will not accept charity or will only take what they absolutely need. There is the opposite to this, give too much and then it will be expected, they no longer appreciate the gift or act of charity. You give people what they need, not what they want.
This balance can be seen in the work environment, you stay in a job that pays okay, but is unwilling to give up what security you do have in this unsatisfying job, keeping the relationship of power in check by choice, not by the mandates of the employer. This balance of power stays in place as long as both sides agree to their status in the relationship.
On an emotional level, staying in a relationship which one partner is dominating another either physically or emotionally. The dominated partner is comfortable and finds security in the relationship; a balance of power is struck. This may or may not be a healthy relationship, but both parties stay in the relationship through emotional ties which are a part of this balance of power. Like in the Devil card, this power is given willfully to the other person; it is not taken from them. It is knowing how much a person can give and take.