Ten of Pentacles card

Realizing the dream

Supporting / Blocking Tarot Card

support

The Ten of Pentacles is a supportive card that comes after hard work, indicating that the querent has achieved their goals and gained material abundance and success. The key difference between the Nine and Ten of Pentacles is that while the Nine signifies the attainment of wealth and success after significant effort, the Ten represents the ability to sustain that abundance over time.

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Finances

Relationships

Career

Finances

The Meaning of The Card

Ten of Pentacles, in the Suit of Earth, represents the realization of one’s needs. The individual discerns between their desires and their material, emotional, and spiritual needs, understanding what is essential. They acquire the tools for growth and development. This card signifies abundance, success, wealth, and completeness in all aspects of life. While the Nine of Pentacles indicates the achievement of the goal and the completion of the journey, the epilogue in the Ten of Pentacles shows that the person has managed to preserve both their material and spiritual assets.

Ten of Pentacles card: The Meaning of The Symbols

Card Symbols	Symbol Meaning
Coins	Represents the element of earth; it is grounded, rooted in the physical, symbolizing success, conventions, and abundance.
Arch	An opening, a passage, initiative, opportunities.
Castle	The castle symbolizes power, influence, recognition, security, stability, property, warmth, and love.
Three Generations	The grandfather symbolizes the decision-making of a person, the wisdom, and life experience accumulated after making decisions. The father symbolizes conscience and the ability to make decisions. The mother symbolizes intuition and internal guidance. The grandchild symbolizes renewal and the continuity of the family.
Two Dogs	The dogs symbolize loyalty, generosity, and protection. Their white color represents acting from a place of pure and clean instincts. The dogs also symbolize friendship, loyalty, guarding the earthly realms, a wild animal that has been tamed.
Vine	Spirituality, joy, celebration, fertility, processes of change and fermentation, loss of control.
Grapes	Fertility, abundance, blessing.
Card Colors	The card features touches of red, blue, and yellow, which are the three primary colors, with which every dream can be created.

Mythology

Daedalus regains success, recognition, happiness, and wealth, and is blessed with children and grandchildren. This is the stage where the querent must recognize their own strength and abilities, without fear of loss. The card represents the desire to establish oneself, to feel secure, stable, and abundant.

Representation of the Card in a Reading

In a reading, the Tens represent continuation; in the Nines, the journey has ended, and in the Tens, it begins anew, starting where the previous journey concluded and continuing to evolve. The Tens symbolize completion and unity. They are the end of the story, depicting what happens after the journey’s conclusion. In the suit of Pentacles, the person knows how to maintain everything achieved in the Nine of Pentacles. Abundance, success, wealth, joy, and fulfillment are present in every area relevant to the question—family, work, and personal growth.