When I started reading tarot I was 18 years old, my concerns were romance, what am I going to be when I grow up, and will I ever move out of my parents house.
The nine of pentacles, at that time, made me think if the security of living under my parents roof. I had my own bills, here and there--cell phone, car insurance--but for the most part I was surviving because of them, and it was a safe but restrictive feeling. And because I was in college, my schedule was different from the rest of the family. I was home most mornings, in school most afternoons and working most nights. I had a lot of alone time--aside from my social life.
Now I am a stay at home mom, and both of my kids are now in school for at least part of the day and week, so, for two days a week, for three hours, I am all alone in my home. Now that card represents those six liberating hours!
It is amazing how life changes your first instincts about a card.