Imagery: A tower struck by lightning, figures falling as flames erupt from the structure.
General Themes: Necessary destruction, upheaval, sudden change, revelation, liberation.
The Tower Upright
There’s no easy way to put this. The Tower will mess you up! But not necessarily in the way you think. The Tower ushers in shocking, irrevocable change, like Death. Here, it is absolutely necessary and in alignment with cosmic law.
You are literally getting back down to earth and dismantling structures that no longer serve you, just like the figure falling from the tower in the image. You might feel like your world is falling apart, but the Tower only destroys what was already weak to begin with. The lightning bolt is consciousness, shattering illusions, toxic situations, and faulty foundations. Chances are, you’ll see that the thing that was destroyed was never any good to begin with.
The Tower literally breaks down toxic situations and old ways of being so you can move forward in a grounded, liberated way. Sure, it’ll shake you up, big time. But it will also allow you to move forward unencumbered by the structures and ways of being that created such toxicity in the first place. Don’t you want to be free of all that mess?
The Tower Reversed
Lucky you! You’re on the other side of a deep personal transformation. The sky is clearing and you no longer feel so heavy. You’ve done the work and your world is righting itself once again. This will be a soft feeling of contentment on the inside before you see anything manifesting on the outside.
Sometimes the Tower reversed shows up when you’ve averted disaster by trusting your instincts. Perhaps you felt the lightning about to strike and, instead of panicking, found a way to keep yourself safe while everything crumbled around you. In other words, you leaned into the shake-up instead of resisting it, which always makes big life changes easier.
This reversal invites you to embrace the process of rebirth. It will feel smoother and easier if you do.
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