Ten of Pentacles

Upright meaning

Long-term security, shared resources, and inheritance. What is built now may support people beyond the present moment.

Something to consider

Think about what makes an arrangement last in everyday life. Shared responsibilities and dependable support matter as much as the long-term ambition.

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Historical texts

Waite: the card

A man and woman beneath an archway which gives entrance to a house and domain. They are accompanied by a child, who looks curiously at two dogs accosting an ancient personage seated in the foreground. The child's hand is on one of them.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Waite: divinatory meaning

Gain, riches; family matters, archives, extraction, the abode of a family.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Waite: reversed

Chance, fatality, loss, robbery, games of hazard; sometimes gift, dowry, pension.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Mathers: meaning

68. Ten of Pentacles.-House, Dwelling, Habitation, Family; R. Gambling, Dissipation, Robbery, Loss.

Source: The Tarot: Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1888) · Public domain