The Tower
XVI
– Here
we see the breakdown of a structure. It is a castle
and lightening blows off the roof. It reveals not
only a structure break down but also it is a pretty
sudden event with the bodies strewn out the windows.
This card is quite the scene and in reality it is
more defined in terms of malefic or beneficial with
regard to energy when the rest of the cards in the
lay are read.
The
Tower represents the concept of change and in life
that is the one thing we can always count on, for
better or worse there will always be change. Life
itself is about change. It is about putting up structures
and then either watching them fall or in the 21st
century it seems that we break structures down ourselves.
As
we grow we need to create new structures that are
more applicable to the new us, the more mature version
that we have become. So change is also necessary,
the need to recreate or restructure is all part of
growing and evolving and honoring that even if we
don’t feel that way at the time.
When
we see the Tower upright in a card reading there will
be complete change. In these situations for example,
if it were a job, it would be a completely new different
company. This card also applies to moves such as in
residence whether it is our own or even in the case
of those closest to us. It represents that breakdown
in the structure. The nature of the change/move will
be more defined by the cards that come up with the
Tower, in particular the minor cards that come to
describe or color the situation.
In
reverse the Tower is not the opposite, no the contrary,
it shows us that the process of change has already
begun. Whatever the changes, we are already involved
in them. Again if going for a job, it would probably
be within the same company, or it may be that the
job description changes around the client/recipient.
The changes whether good or bad, are already in process.
As
a meditation card we can use it either to help us
with pending changes, to deal with those changes or
transitions we have to make but are having difficulty.
Then again we can use it also to help us to find a
way to make needed changed in our life when we can
find no way to make those changes. So whether we are
looking to help create opportunity for change, or
if to help us deal with pending change, meditation
on the Tower could help us understand the concept
of change and how it is a necessary part of life.
That without it, it would be harder to grow and evolve.
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