Livin' the dream?

Hezicos Tarot, Griffin 2010

Today's card from the Hezicos Tarot is 10 of Coins. I seem to draw this card a lot, no matter what deck I'm using. In this version, we see a happy family of little Hezicos people, standing outside their mushroom house. The house is reminiscent of childhood drawings which are said to communicate a stable home--if a child draws a house with a big door and windows, it means they feel there is openness and freedom in the family. If there is smoke rising from the chimney, there is security and warmth in the family. If two parents and children are present, there is a sense of wholeness. A path leading up to the door indicates involvement with others, and so on and so forth. Most of those elements are seen in this card.

Ten of Coins in its positive aspect indicates security, contentedness with one's day-to-day life. It also can indicate conventional thinking, comfortable routines. It does not necessarily show happiness or emotional fulfillment. It rather shows stability in the day-to-day, what might be considered 'routine contentment'. In its negative aspect, it might indicate that this routine contentment trumps the pursuit of 'true happiness'. After all, no one in the picture is really smiling. The children look shy and tentative, the wife looks up at her husband with a sort of proprietary pride, and to be honest he looks back at her with a rather weary expression. 'Domestic tranquility ..to ourselves and our posterity', as set forth in the Preamble to the US Constitution, that's what we see in the 10 of Coins. But who knows what's going on inside these people. (By the way, click that link and watch. It's ace! Huge influence on my childhood, that show...)


The Rider Waite Smith version of the card holds more of these subtle nuances of domestic contentment without much sign of a deeper emotional fulfillment. We seen generations of affluent people, but not much to show a meaningful connection between them, or any indication of the state of their inner lives.

It's good to consider both the usual positive meaning of a card and also its shadow side.

The 10 of Coins coming up for me so often seems quite accurate on both counts. I am, in the main, quite grateful and content with my domestic situation. On the other hand, the 'snug' situation I am in makes it easy to settle back, reminding myself to be grateful for what I have, and not do any reaching or stretching or risk-taking that might lead to a more vibrant inner experience.