Ten of Pentacles

Artist: Lindsey Yang

The Ten of Pentacles tarot card is reinterpreted in this picture to represent the principles and character of St. Catherine University. For the St. Kate community, the graduates in the foreground represent accomplishment, legacy, and the completion of academic journeys. They are dressed in purple and gold robes in St. Kate's official colors. Rose window symbolism, which serves as the tarot card's pentacles, is incorporated into the design to symbolize the community's cohesion and its search for complexity in knowledge and spirituality. The arch formed by these rose windows above the landscape adds a celebratory and protective quality consistent with the Ten of Pentacles card's familiar themes of stability and history. As a companion to the graduates, St. Kate's mascot, the Wildcat, represents bravery and resiliency, qualities that are encouraged in every student. The chapel, which means the encouraging and religious atmosphere of St. Kate, is visible in the distance as a spiritual marker. These components connect the university's ideals with the wealth and heritage of the Ten of Pentacles, forming a vision of tradition, achievement, and communal power.