The Ten of Pentacles as How Someone Sees You: Family, Future and the Long Term

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Ten of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see you under the archway with the family. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, the Ten of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see you as long-term: someone to build a family, a home and a future with, stable and part of the picture for decades. It is one of the most committed images in the deck. It is structural rather than romantic.

This is you under the archway with three generations and the dogs. They see a life. They see you in it.

The Ten of Pentacles upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Ten of Pentacles guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with legacy, wealth, family and long-term security. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Ten of Pentacles as feelings covers what they feel; the Ten of Pentacles as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Ten of Pentacles as a person who sees you as someone who belongs in their family and their future.

What I would not read into it is spontaneity. This is a foundation picture.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm they have told you, or that family approval is settled. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Ten of Pentacles reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Ten of Pentacles as how someone sees you means family or money complicates the picture, or they want the archway and are not sure you are under it.

In your own question, ask whether family opinion has lately come up. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Ten of Pentacles as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Ten of Pentacles suggests they still associate you with the life you might have built. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Ten of Pentacles as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they already see you as long-term material. Let them show it in practical ways.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at whether the person brings you into family and concrete future plans.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, how far you are in their family life, and whether that is the future you want.

For comparison, the Ten of Cups as how someone sees you and the King of Pentacles as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Ten of Pentacles card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Ten of Pentacles as a yes or no and the Ten of Pentacles as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.