Ten of Disks

The ten of disks is a beautiful card, and the end of the pentacle suit, signalizing a completion. That isn’t the only thing this card means, though and it is truly a card unto itself. Let’s take a look…



 

The 10 of pentacles has a massive amount of symbolism strewn throughout it, some more obvious and others quite hidden. Let’s start with the fact that it is the only card to contain several generations of a family! With the pentacles being all about material wealth, we can discern that the wealth we see here is long lasting, has a solid foundation, and is here to stay. This is inter generational wealth, it is grounded in reality and reminds us that financial wealth isn’t the only way we experience material abundance on the earth. The patriarch of the family is sitting in a cloak covered in depictions of fruit on the vine and magic sigils for prosperity. It’s almost as if he has done his magic on the material plane to ensure his family is taken care of well after he is gone. The grapes signify harvest and the colors of the robe represent material abundance and wealth. Additionally, the 10 pentacles in the card are in the shops of the kabbalistic tree of life, and according to Madame Pamita in Magical Tarot, “the tree of life diagrams how divine energy becomes matter— or how we bring heaven down to earth”. The creator of the rider Waite very purposefully put that there to bring the awareness to the reader that this card is all about life mastery of material prosperity, in all ways.

I always love to pull the 10 of pentacles because intuitively I feel like it’s just this big fat stack of cash from the universe, but in this stack contains all the material joy you could ever want, and then some. It’s truly exciting to get this card when you’ve been working at having an excellent relationship with your body and your role as a creator on the physical plane. It’s a sure sign you’ve elevated to a new level of abundance.

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