another Pentacle question re: 3 and 10

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 18 Mar 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

joya250	18 Mar 2003
hello. me again. okay, some thoughts on the 3 of Pentacles and the 10 of Pentacles. (RW deck) 3 of Pents: this is the only card in the suit where the Pents are not colored in. any thoughts as to why this is??? I never questioned it before, but the more I'm getting into the cards, the more I'm realizing that every detail has a significant of some sort. What do you take this detail to mean? 10 of Pents: I'm having problems understanding this card. I see this card to be a wonderful card... one of fulfillment on the physical realm - family, comfort, surrounded by beauty, etc. ... it shows a multi-generaltion family, animals, and an obviously "nice" house... not to mention the "tree of life" glyph, representing the flow of manifestation. It's as if one has been successful in carrying out the idea, through the suits, through the levels, to complete and harmonious manifestation... free flow of energies.... (maybe that old dude is the magician?) Something I would deem a success. However, almost everything I read about this card tends to shadow it almost negatively. it's been pointed out that the charecters are not all directly interacting with each other... and that the only things being actually touched are the dogs, etc. What do you think of this card? How have you interpreted it in readings? Has the majority of your interpretations picked up on the more positive or more negative aspects of the card. Looking forward to reading some respones. :) joy

HudsonGray	18 Mar 2003
The 'happy family' seems to be the 10 of Cups, I look at the 10 of Pents as material wealth, home based on accumulation of everything you wanted (people are present, but as you say nobody is looking at anyone else). So it for me at least indicates the property aspects & money. The people are over in the 10 of Cups. Others may have a different slant on things though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless stopped -- Yep.

Moongold	19 Mar 2003
Hi Joy, 10 Pentacles is avery dense card, isn't it? I don't alwasy use the RWS Deck and other decks have different symbolism but this one I've always seen in a positive way, not overshadowed by anything very much. If anything, the symbols are very rich: The Tree of Life in the form of pentacles, magic symbols themselves, the magician's wand resting against the arch, the old man sitting unnoticed by the family as they pass through the arch preoccupied with their own affairs. I have always taken this card to represent the fact that ordinary life can hold the most extraordinary riches and secrets. They are sometimes so obvious that we miss them because we are so busy with other things. So it could be a call to wake up to what we have. 10's also represent the end of a cycle. Perhaps the completion of a project, the end of a stage in a relationship, whatever. Moongold

Moongold	19 Mar 2003
Hi Joy, Your observations are interesting and I went through all the other Pentacles cards to compare. All of them are extraneous to the picture, with some ambiguity about the 5 pentacles in the stained galss window in 5 Pentacles. In 3 pentacles the pentacles have actually been built into the structure of the building, whatver it is. The card itself deals with work per se so perhaps it is simply nothing more than that: the integration and "sacredness" of work in our daily lives. There is an artisan, a clergy person and an archtect (holding plans) in the picture and perhaps the composition of this group could mean something as well. Moongold

Thirteen	20 Mar 2003
Remember that 10 pentacles indicates, as well, a legacy or inheritance--one you pass on or one you receive. This isn't just wealth or a home, it's wealth and a home you get from a beloved grandfather or one you can pass onto your children. Which is why we have the old man and his kids there. 10 pentacles could even be read as something like putting a wing on a hospital, or paying for a park bench. Something material, with your name on it, which will keep on giving to folks--your very material legacy.

Rose	20 Mar 2003
The artisan, clergyman, and architect may represent three different concerns that must work together for the project to be completed. The clergy's interest might be religious, the artist's interest might be aesthetic and/or showing his own artistic vision and skill, and the architect might be more concerned with cost, materials,structural stability,etc. One meaning of the card for me is working cooperatively as a team. I once read somewhere that the clergyman can represent Water; the architect, with his plans and ideas, can represent Air; the artisan,with his creative inspiration, can represent Fire; and the building itself can represent Earth. Rose

joya250	20 Mar 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Thirteen Remember that 10 pentacles indicates, as well, a legacy or inheritance--one you pass on or one you receive. This isn't just wealth or a home, it's wealth and a home you get from a beloved grandfather or one you can pass onto your children. Which is why we have the old man and his kids there. 10 pentacles could even be read as something like putting a wing on a hospital, or paying for a park bench. Something material, with your name on it, which will keep on giving to folks--your very material legacy. hmmmmm, never looked at it like that. thanks Thirteen... it just opens the card up that much more!

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