Nine of Pentacles

The card shows a woman, very well dressed, standing in a lush vineyard, with a falcon on her left arm.  The bird/falcon is representative of higher thought, more sophisticated thinking, strategic thinking/planning or looking for opportunity.  The bird/falcon can see things from great heights, then when it finds what it's looking for, swoop down and snatch it.

There are mountains far, far behind her and the ground she stands on is relatively flat - I would interpret this is challenges or issues are easily over come because there are more than enough ready and available assets at hand to respond to situations or individuals.  The snail is representative of being steady - there's no hurry here, we're looking at all of the options, we're patient.

In the reverse though, there is lack of planning, not using all available resources to their fullest potential, being in a hurry to obtain the quick and easy pickings and not focusing on the long-term.