The Tower #16

[peace123]

What symbols speak to you in this card ?

[vivamis123]

The tower, the crown, natur and the fall of mankind

To me the tower represents our beliefs and how we have made our beliefs "royal". Only to find that once our beliefs are "wrong" we loose the very foundation we stand on. Better to be without concepts, and let truth be revealed from moment to moment.

[Rev. Kelly]

Interesting interpretation, Viv. I can agree with it. And think that I have used a similar interpretation in a reading.

I was taught that the towers represents chaos, and usually the self created type. It is when we base our thoughts/actions on false information and the whole thing comes tumbling down on us.

When I see this card, I usually think of tension, the type that happens in relationships when things are out of balance. The tension that happens when one person wants or tries to take more power than the other person in the relationship.

[vivamis123]

I can see that in my life too. Not in my personal relationship but with a friend. Thanks for the insight and validation Rev. Kelly!

[Nick_A]

To me, what you have here is essentially the Tower of Babel. The idea was a mistake which further denied Man's communication and now the tower serves as a warning beacon not to believe in it but rather build ones own inner tower within which man becomes himself

[peace123]

Originally Posted by peace123

What symbols speak to you in this card ?

To me this card speaks of changes that occur when our thinking/understanding changes. I see the lightening as representing a striking "new idea" that rocks ones world and creates major change. It causes ones previous "ideas",
" structure", "idols" , etc.. to be destroyed , giving new ones a chance to grow.


Peace

[Ardhanari]

To me, the Tower represents in a positive light, the reconstruction of a new persona or the introduction of new forces or new energies into a situation. However, this means a paradigm shift that includes abruptness and fear of the unknown (lightning and the breaking tower) and total uncertainty of what is to come (the invisible ground). Unlike Death in its transformative change, the Tower is very striking and abrupt, and will almost always externally manifest as primarily (until later) as negative. The fire is danger and forces that we can not control, and like the people in the card, our comfort and what was familiar to us drops down into horror and fear in this rude abruptness.

Incidentally, my deck (Vision Quest Tarot) calls it "Chaos"! ^^

[Devann]

That lightening bolt that comes out of the sky and shocks !

The suddenness, unexpectedness.

reminds me of the planet Uranus.

Something sudden that destructs, tears down, and forces the change.

Shocks you into a change.

Bodies falling... u feel like your falling, like it all just fell apart..with no warning.

I love this card. But I need to look at the cards around it to see what structures are falling apart.

SOmetimes it could just be a sudden revelation you had, or your belief system just got shocked, like a core belief shattered, which could be a good thing if it was holding you back.

DC

[Kat]

To me the Tower has been about a sudden loss, loss of faith, loss of loved ones, loss of status among others.
I have always viewed it as a new beginning. You lose everything and then you find the strength the next day to wake up and start over--to find new faith, to regain your status, to love. In a way it cleans the slate giving you a new beginning to start fresh and do right everything you did wrong the first time.