Man, I remember the first time I really started noticing the Ten of Disks. It kept popping up in readings, especially when I felt like my whole world was a bit scattered, you know? Like trying to herd cats in a hurricane. Everything felt unstable, especially the money stuff and just getting a grip on daily life. When I first looked at that card, all I saw was this perfect, almost too-good-to-be-true scene: a big family, a massive house, tons of coins everywhere, dogs chilling. My first thought? “Yeah, right. Easy for them.” It felt so far from my own reality that it almost felt mocking. I wasn’t finding any fortune there, just a reminder of what I wasn’t.
For a while, every time I pulled it, I’d just read the little blurb in my old, tattered tarot book. “Material security. Family wealth. Lasting legacy.” Blah, blah, blah. It just didn’t connect. It was like reading a dictionary entry without understanding the actual feeling of the word. It felt flat, generic. I wanted to understand what it really meant, not just the surface-level stuff. I was craving something more, something that would resonate with my messy, imperfect life.
So, I started a different approach. Instead of just reading, I began to really sit with the card. I mean, actually stare at it. I’d pull out the Ten of Disks and just lay it on my desk. I’d look at every single detail. What are the people doing? There’s an old man with his back to us, a couple in the middle, a kid and dogs at the front. What’s the architecture of that big building like? How does the sky look? The colors? I’d spend five, ten, sometimes fifteen minutes just observing. My brain would wander, thinking about my own folks, my own house (which, let me tell you, was no mansion), and where I wanted things to go.
Then, I moved on to journaling about it. Not structured, fancy journaling, just scribbling whatever came into my head. I’d write down questions: “What does ‘security’ really feel like for me? Is it just money, or something else?” “What foundations am I actually trying to build right now, even if they’re small?” “Who are my people in this picture?” Sometimes the answers were mundane, sometimes a bit raw. I wrote stuff like: “The feeling of making rent on time, that’s security.” Or “My kids laughing in the living room, that’s my ‘legacy’ right now.” I let go of what the books said and tried to find my own damn interpretation.
I also started to consciously connect it to my everyday life. If I pulled the Ten of Disks, I wouldn’t just pack it away. I’d carry that image, that idea, with me throughout the day. When I balanced my meager budget, I’d think about those orderly disks. When I cooked a meal for my family, I’d think about the warmth and connection in that card. When I tackled a home improvement project, big or small, I’d think about building a solid foundation. It was less about expecting a huge windfall, and more about finding the “Ten of Disks moments” in the small, steady actions of my life.
It wasn’t like a lightbulb flickered on all at once. It was more like a slow, steady dawn. Gradually, I started seeing that the “fortune” wasn’t just about inheriting or winning a massive amount of cash or property. It was about something far more tangible and, frankly, more satisfying. It was about the culmination of effort, the slow and steady building of something real and lasting.
I realized that the Ten of Disks wasn’t just about having abundance, but about the process of creating it and the peace that comes from a stable base. It highlighted the importance of my family, the roof over our heads, even if it needed repairs, and the small amounts of money I managed to save each month. It stopped being a card that mocked my lack, and started being a card that celebrated my efforts and helped me appreciate the groundwork I was laying. It pushed me to focus on creating a solid base, for my own peace of mind and for the folks I cared about. The real fortune, I found, was in seeing the completeness in my own life, the foundation I was laying day by day, and the legacy I was slowly building, not just in money, but in values, stability, and connection. It’s about recognizing the secure, tangible results of your work and the genuine comfort of your home and people.
