TEN OF PENTACLES

WE'RE TALKING SICK MONEY HERE

THE NAME OF THE CARD IS "WEALTH"

This card has some of the most beautiful artwork in the entire Rider-Waite deck. A young couple enter their lush compound and an old man is watching them. At the same time two dogs are watching the old man (A.E. Waite says they're "accosting" him) and a child is holding on to the tail of one of the dogs, creating this interesting clock-wise circular motion between these characters. There's lots of slightly hidden things in the card like coats-of-arms, a little castle and some bizarre patterns like the one in the center of the old man's back. 

Ten is a number of taking it one step too far to excess in the Tarot. In two of the ten's (the Swords card and the Wands card) this results in a negative outcome but in the Ten of Cups (perfected happiness) it's a good result. This card has a bit of both. It's mainly a very positive card that screams money. We always like to see this card in a future position in the spread. But let us not forget that there is a big difference between "wealth" which is what this card is, and "material success," found in the Nine of Pentacles. Wealth is that overly abundant cache of money that quite often causes us to make choices of folly. The basic meanings of the card are gains, riches, family matters, generational issues, and domestic family topics.