What does The Tower tarot card mean?
LIGHTENING strikes a tower standing on top of a mountain. Flames are bursting through the windows as people leap head first from it to escape. The Tower tarot card depicts a scene of chaos and disorder. What is The Tower card telling me? Perhaps the burning of the tower must happen to welcome something new. […]
LIGHTENING strikes a tower standing on top of a mountain. Flames are bursting through the windows as people leap head first from it to escape.
The Tower tarot card depicts a scene of chaos and disorder.
What is The Tower card telling me?
Perhaps the burning of the tower must happen to welcome something new.
While the tower stands sturdy, it is on a a rocky mountain. An unsteady foundation calls for creating new structures.
If you pull out The Tower card, it means change is here to shake things up and cause destruction.
The lightning bolt hitting the tower is often read as a sense of clarity and insight being present. The Tower card is a sign to allow upheaval to bring about new ways of thinking about your beliefs systems.
Your awareness of external disaster can be for your highest good because it challenges you to seek inner guidance and break free from turmoil.
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What is The Tower card in reverse?
If you pull out The Tower card in reverse, the meaning is flipped.
Instead of external forces challenging you to create massive change, The Tower reversed means you are experiencing inner transformation.
Perhaps you are changing the way you think about the world. What you once relied on is no longer sufficient. You are being called to become self-reliant
Accept change because resisting does not stop it from happening. It is period of flowing with the feelings of inner destruction to find you way to peace.
What are Major Arcana cards?
The Tower is a Major Arcana card. A tarot deck is made up of 78 cards, 22 of which are Major Arcana cards. Major Arcana cards, also known as trump cards, are the foundation of a tarot deck.
They represent karmic influences and big archetypal life themes.
Other Major Arcana cards include The Fool, The Empress, The High Priestess, The moon and so on.
What are the Major Arcana cards in Tarot?
The Fool – Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free spirit
The Magician – manifestation, resourcefulness, power
The High Priestess – intuition, sacred knowledge, divine feminine
The Empress – Femininity, beauty, nature
The Emperor – authority, establishment, structure
The Hierophant – spiritual wisdom
The Lovers – love, harmony, relationships
The Lovers – love, harmony, relationships
The Chariot – control, willpower, success
Justice – fairness, truth, law
Strength – strength, courage, influence
The Hermit – soul searching, inner guidance
Wheel of Fortune – good luck, karma, life cycles
The Hanged Man – pause, surrender, letting go
Death – endings, change, transitions
Temperance – balance, moderation, patience
The Devil – shadow self, addiction, restriction
The Tower – sudden change, upheaval, chaos
The Star – hope, faith, purpose, spirituality
The Moon – illusion, fear, anxiety
The Sun – positivity, fun, warmth, success
Judgment – rebirth, inner calling
The World – completion, accomplishment, travel
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