The Ten of Pentacles as Intentions: To Build a Family and a Future With You

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Ten of Pentacles as intentions is a plan with an archway over it. Here is what I would read in it, upright and reversed, and why it is more serious than romantic.

If you want the short answer, I would read the Ten of Pentacles as intentions that are serious, settled and long-term. In an intentions position the card suggests the person means to build a life with you: family, home, security, the years ahead. The intention is structural and it is expressed through planning and providing rather than through declarations. It is one of the most committed intentions in the deck.

This is the three generations under the archway with the dogs at their feet. The person intends this. They intend it with you, and they may not have said so because it feels too large to say.

The Ten of Pentacles upright as intentions

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 what someone intends toward you, I read those meanings as the shape of their plan rather than as a promise about what they will do. Feelings and intentions are different questions; the Ten of Pentacles as feelings covers the first, and this page covers the second. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Ten of Pentacles as a person who intends permanence: to bring you into their family and their future, to build something that lasts, to plan in decades. They are not planning a fling or even a romance in the light sense. They are planning a foundation, and they will show it by what they build rather than by what they say.

What I would not read into it is spontaneity or heat. The Ten of Pentacles intends like a foundation intends a house. If you need the other kind as well, ask for it; this card will not think to offer it unprompted.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm the person has told you any of this, that their idea of a shared life matches yours, or that family approval, which this card often involves, is on your side. No card lets a reader see another person's plans. What a card can do is describe the kind of intention that fits the person's behaviour, and give you something to check against what they actually do.

The Ten of Pentacles reversed as intentions

Reversed, the Ten of Pentacles as intentions describes a plan blocked or hollow: a person whose intention toward you is caught up in family disapproval or practical obstacles, or one who wants the stable picture in general and does not quite intend you in it. It can also describe a plan driven by money or status rather than by the people under the arch.

In your own question, ask whether a family or a practical situation stands between the person's intention and their action, or whether they want the archway and are not sure you are the one standing under it. A reversed card as intentions is a prompt to compare what is said with what is done, not a diagnosis of bad faith.

The Ten of Pentacles as an ex's intentions

Asked about an ex, the Ten of Pentacles as intentions can suggest they still think of you in terms of the life you might have built, or that family ties keep you in their plans. That is often an intention about the structure rather than the person. Occasionally it is a real intention to try to build again, properly, and their actions will show it. 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 a new person's intentions

For someone new, this is an unusually serious card: they already intend you as someone who might belong in their long-term life. It can feel fast. It tends to be sincere. Let them show you the practical ways they mean it before you decide whether you want to be built with.

What their intentions look like in action

Look for inclusion in the structure: introductions to family, concrete future talk, planning with you rather than around you. A Ten of Pentacles intention is visible in what the person builds. If nothing is being built, read the reversal.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, how far you have been brought into the person's practical life and family, and whether a structural kind of intention is one you want. The third note is honest about you.

For comparison, the Ten of Cups as intentions and the King of Pentacles as intentions describe different intentions. The the Ten of Pentacles card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Ten of Pentacles as timing and the Ten of Pentacles as a yes or no 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.