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3. Ten of Pentacles

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Ten of Pentacles

• family matters
• archives
• the abode of a family

Upright meaning

Family and legacy: Waite gives family matters, archives and the abode of a family. A card of continuity across generations.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite reads chance, and sometimes gift, dowry or pension.

• gift
• dowry
• pension

Symbolism

A couple, a child and an old man under an archway; two dogs greet the old man.

Group

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Element, astrology

Not given by Waite, so we give none

Source

Our own plain-English summary of A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (London: Rider, 1911), Part III §2 (The Lesser Arcana). The keywords are Waite’s own words. Waite’s fortune-telling lists also contain harsher terms; we keep to the reflective readings he gives and never state an event as certain.

Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a prediction of fixed outcomes. This is not medical, legal or financial advice.