The Tower in Tarot – How to correctly interpret this card?

The Tower in Tarot, on first impression, appears to be a negative letter. But it is not. It points to an opportunity for change. You will need to get out of your way to be able to see what is happening from the outside.

As the writer José Saramago said in the book “The Tale of the Unknown Island”, only when we leave the island do we see the island. That’s what The Tower card in Tarot wants you to do.

Looking from the outside, you will be able to see that you were having wrong attitudes, that you were wrong in your convictions and you will be able to start over and change the course of your life.

Description of the card The Tower in Tarot

The image contained in The Tower card shows a tall tower being struck by lightning. The tower then starts to catch fire, causing two people to jump through the windows as an act of desperation. These people want to escape destruction and confusion.

The ray of the image represents an insight that leads to a revelation. The destruction of the tower must happen so that the old disappears completely and makes room for the new.

This letter alludes to the biblical passage of the Tower of Babel. According to legend, after the flood, God asked Noah’s descendants to spread across the Earth to multiply and populate it.

However, disobeying God’s orders, they decided to build a tower so high that it reached the sky for everyone to live in.
As a punishment for the arrogance and pride of Noah’s descendants, God made each one speak a different language.

Unable to communicate, the men could not complete the construction of the Tower. It became known as the Tower of Babel because “Babel” means “confusion”.

What does The Tower mean in Tarot?

When the Tower card comes out in a Tarot reading, it indicates that an important and radical change will take place in your life. Initially, this change will feel bad, scary, and stressful.

However, it is necessary to shake you up and make you see better what is going on to put your life on the right track.

The advice of this Major Arcana is for you to embrace change, even in fear.

You must let go of the known, the old, the past to make room for the new to enter your life, new opportunities, beliefs and ways of seeing the world.

This shift comes to cut through the lies and illusions you have been telling yourself and to shed light on the truth.

Your world will collapse in front of you because it is being built on unstable and false foundations.

The time has come for you to question what is real and what is not. Who can you trust and who can’t. Everything will get very confusing, but it will soon be clarified.

But in order for you to be able to rebuild yourself, you will need to have an open mind to the new. Only then will you grow and allow your soul to evolve.

The Inverted Tower Card Meaning

When it appears inverted, The Tower in Tarot indicates that you will undergo a significant personal transformation.

That is, unlike the message of the Tower in the normal position, which points to a change that will occur due to external circumstances, the inverted Tower shows transformations that will come from you, from the inside out.

You will begin to question your actions, your beliefs, your values ​​and your purpose. Chances are you will change your mind about everything because your old beliefs no longer make sense.

Just be careful not to get into an existential crisis that questions the meaning of life. As upsetting as this can be, trust the process.

The inverted Tower can also indicate that you are resisting change and putting off the destruction that needs to be done. Even if you deny that change, it will happen. It’s inevitable!

Accept that you need to go through this difficult time to learn valuable lessons and grow.

The Tower in the Tarot of Love

The appearance of the Tower in the Tarot of Love brings not very pleasant news. This card indicates separation or divorce.

His message is for you to change your attitudes now towards your partner if you want to continue in this relationship.

Listen to his views and try not to take everything to heart. Try to find a middle ground that is good for both of you.

If you are single, know that you still haven’t found someone because you have beliefs that limit you.

Reflect on what you believe and try to eliminate thoughts that are intolerant, prejudiced or restrictive. See the full meaning of the Tower in the Tarot of Love.

The Tower in the Labor Tarot

The emergence of the Tower related to work issues asks you to be aware, as you may face financial problems. You need to change the way you manage your resources.

The time has also come for you to reflect on your performance at work. Get rid of outdated beliefs and recycle your knowledge. The world is constantly changing and you need to keep up with it.

The time has come for you to restructure your life. Maybe it’s time to take a chance on a new profession and venture into a new path that will open up.

In the beginning, facing so many changes can be difficult, but they will bring you new air and will be very positive.

The Tower Card in the Mythological Tarot

In The Tower card we can see a stone building being struck by lightning and falling into the ocean. The building is King Minos’ Labyrinth destroyed by the angry god Poseidon.

The trident is Poseidon’s weapon, which here represents one of the aspects of The Tower card: it is linked to the domains of instincts and the night.

The emergence of the god suggests a powerful instinctual force emerging from the sea of ​​the unconscious, stronger than the efforts of the will to repress it.

Despite Poseidon being an Earth god, he is depicted with a fish tail. This links him to the cold-blooded creatures, quite different from the warm-blooded human creatures, belonging to the archaic world of instincts.

The Tower card portrays the image of the collapse of old ways, the collapse of the social facades we build to hide our dark sides.

In a divinatory sense, The Tower card means that appearances and everything that maintains them are about to fall.

It can be a very positive card if we are willing to break away from these unrealistic structures. If we don’t realize this need, it will be very distressing.

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