The Hermit and Ten of Pentacles

The Hermit with the last Virgo decan. The Ten of Pentacles is a whole household: generations, arches, dogs, an old man at the edge of the scene. The tradition reads the pair as the solitary figure standing slightly outside something established and complete, and it is quietly one of the most poignant pairings in the deck.

Associated with being adjacent to a family rather than inside it. Read without judgement in either direction.

A specialist within an institution that does not really include them. Frequently read for people who are essential and peripheral at once.

The old man in the Ten is also at the edge and is also part of it. This pair suggests the distance may be smaller than it is being experienced as.