Tarot card

Ten of Pentacles

Ten of Pentacles: wealth understood as inheritance, household and continuity. The card joins the earth nature of Pentacles to its place in the numbered sequence.

2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 without a cited source · Ten of Pentacles in full

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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Earth, first attested 1888 CE.

Suit and element

  • Earth

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    Pentacles express the powers of Earth: material conditions, labour, resources, embodiment and practical consequence.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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Sephirah and number

  • Malkuth

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    The Tens bring the suit to its material limit. The process has become fixed in a final form, whether that culmination is welcome or hard to bear.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — General meanings of the small cards under the Sephiroth, pp. 27–28

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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