Ten of Pentacles: tarot card meaning

Ten of Pentacles is card 10 in the suit of Pentacles, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of completion, work, money; reversed, of material delay, stagnation.

Upright meaning

completion, work, money

Enduring wealth and legacy -- a lasting material foundation and the sense of building for generations.

Reversed meaning

material delay, stagnation

A family fortune or inheritance under strain -- the legacy matters, but not more than the living relationships.

The suit of Pentacles belongs to Earth and to work, money and the body.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Ten of Pentacles describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.