The Tower is the sixteeenth Major Arcana card in tarot. It shows a tower hit by a lightening. It is collapsing, the flames are coming out of the windows. Two people are falling down from the tower. The background is black with grey clouds of smoke. The Tower is predominated by Mars. The numerical value for this card is nine.
The sixteeenth tarot card is believed to mean disruption, conflict and change. Sometimes it might mean sudden loss or major changes. They may be interpreted as the overthrow of an existing life or disruption of well worn routines. The changes seem rather negative, as the Tower is associated with ruin and disturbance. It is about dramatic upheaval, which might mean a change of residence or job, but ended with enlightenment and freedom. It is also connected with widespread repercussion of actions.
The Tower is another of the tarot cards associated with changes. In this case, they are sudden, unexpected and caused by the disruption of your plans. They involve disturbance of your routine and bring chaos to your life. This card means undergoing a crisis.
However, this crisis helps you to release your emotions, break through pretence and erupt in anger. You will be able to crash through ego defence and leave the negativity behind. Sometimes you just have to explode and have the emotional outburst to clear your heart and make space for the new things and ideas.
As the picture on the card suggests, the Tower is connected with falling down and experiencing spiritual or emotional crash. Physical toppling from the hights is associated with being humbled and
suffering blow to your ego. It is also about downturn in fortune, a bad period in life, when the run of luck is over and you are no more on top.
However, the old tower usually collapses to make space for the new one. If you let go your old, outdated attitudes and beliefs, you’ll begin to see the truth in a flash. Reject the illusions and you will get all the answers you need. Sometimes you have to expose what’s hidden, which is difficult, as the material things are the easiest to see. Don’t hold on to them, because they will lead you nowhere. It is the power of spirit and mind that can help you to build a tower that will last.
If the Tower appears in reading, according to tarot cards interpretation, it means that you already possess the wisdom and strength to let go the old attitudes that hold you back and stop you from moving on with your life. You are now able to solve the conflicts and handle the changes that are waiting for you. Even though the future might seem dangerous because it’s unknown, clinging to the old ideas is even more dangerous. If you stay in your materialistic tower, you will collapse with it. The downfall is inevitable, so it is better to leave and find out what is really important in life.
The collapse of the Tower might also be a symbol of destruction of the metaphorical wall, hiding your secrets or true personality. When this card appears, there is no more place for lies and fantasies. It is the ultimate time to find out the truth and end the illusions that make you feel safe, but don’t allow to move forward. This might seem harsh, but it is for your own good. You have to learn to live in the real world, not the world of fantasies and daydreams.
The reversed position of the Tower means negativity, restriction of desires and imprisonment. It might be a sing of the drastic changes that are not expected and rob you of the freedom of expression. These changes are sudden and out of your control. It is usually conected with being imprisoned within a set of circumstances that cannot be altered for the time being. You don’t know what to do or where to go, the Tower has brought you to a position where you feel completely lost and alone. This position doesn’t herald freedom, it is about tyranny and being a prisoner. It might also foreshadow bankruptcy. Remember not to hold on to material things or go by appearances. You have a real life to live. This is more important than your fantasies, because it’s true. You have dreamed, but now it is time to wake up and face the reality.
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