"So what do I need to know today to promote the health and happiness of my heart?"
The Ten of Pentacles/Coins. The Ten of Pentacles stands for the ultimate in worldly and material success. This is the card you want to see if you are wondering how your latest enterprise will turn out. Wealth and affluence are yours. Tens are the pinnacle of each suit and pentacles is the pinnacle of the minor arcana, the last card of the last suit. It starts with the element of fire, to Dare (fire), then moves to cups, To Feel (water). Now on the wheel, you'd go to North, but in the tarot after there is the spark and the desire, there is thought, swords/air. All these must be channeled before we can manifest in the material world, the world we live in, the world we have chosen to be a part and parcel of.
Okay, back to the 10 of Coins. Often when we achieve material success, we want it to last. This is the conservative side of the Ten of Pentacles. In readings, this card often stands for convention - following established guidelines and maintaining the status quo.
The Ten of Pentacles is also concerned with permanence. "Change is an unavoidable part of life, but constant change is uncomfortable. We need stability and the chance to work for a secure foundation in life. In readings, this card may be telling you to concentrate on the long-term. Work toward a lasting solution. Now may be the time to settle down and make the arrangements that will work for you far into the future."
In the Jane Austen Tarot, the Ten of Coins is depicted by the end of Mansfield Park. Fanny and Edmund are married. Fanny holds their child in her arms as Edmund's mother, Lady Bertram, looks on. Lord Bertram is there too, on the estate but in the background, the patriarch who has seen good and bad and navigated his family, with the help of Fanny, through to these good times. The Ten of Coins is a card of structure and symmetry. It is an augury of financial success and prosperity.
It is a card that represents family traditions, the best and the worst of them. Wealth and status take priority over love and ethics in Mansfield Park, to everyone's detriment. Hmmmm. My recent trip home has shown where the search for security leads, when love is sacrificed for place, for money. In the end, it serves no one. It appears love is all you need, or at least love is the core of things. If it is intact, if it exists, then the money means something. If it doesn't, if it is just family, status quo, it is an empty foolish world that crumbles around you. Foundations must be solid, which means all elements must be represented - passion, intellect, emotion which leads to the fourth side, the earth, pentacles, the material plain.
What Would Jane Do?
"There is no substitute for love and merit, but life's path often requires prosperity as well for a truly happy ending. However, when you acheive a secure berth, love often makes its way into the vicinity as well. There are no guarantees and we never know where our paths may ultimately wander, but wholesome values (and some money in the bank) will stand you in good stead wherever you end up." P. 140
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