CARD A WEEK : THE TOWER XVI
A CARD A WEEK
THE TOWER-MAJOR ARCANA XVI pictorial representation illustrates the Tower of Babel ( in the Waite Tarot Deck). Hence, if you know how the story goes, produces catastrophic changes for those involved in its construction, for better or worse...depending on how you look at it.
We are a race of people are comforted by habitual patterns in our lives. Any minor/major addition/subtraction can throw a monkey wrench into aspects of daily life that we never dreamed immutable. Yet, As depicted in the images in the TOWER card, when lightning strikes a flash of recognition illuminates through darkness allowing light to be shed to alter our lives, hopefully for the better.
A good example of this card in a reading , for me, was when I read for a client, a woman of a certain age, who came in with doubts surrounding the whole "tarot thing". I began reading her cards and she was less than impressed. I got to the TOWER and explained that she was experiencing a tumultuous time in her life. She raised an eyebrow...I took that as a good sign to continue.Long story short ( and the aid of other cards to enhance the reading) I explained that she had a male in her life who she dotted on and she was in some way contributing factor to his drug habit. She nodded in acknowledgement as tears welled up in her eyes. The TOWER was significant in this reading because she was attempting to care for her son as she normally would before his heavy drug use. This caused her great pain and disappointment to my client. I explained that this card was about the chaos her son was experiencing in his life. Yet, more importantly, it signified how she must make drastic CHANGES in how she dealt with her son so, she was not aiding in his drug abuse and not being poisoned by his toxic world . As a mother, understandably, she was trying to exert her control through nurturing "cookie cutter " tactics which where lost on an individual who had morphed sadly into a mere shell of the child she had birthed. Cliche as it might be I described as a fitting a square peg into a circle. The changes I explained would be extremely hard but also extremely necessary for her health, the other adult children she loved and her relationship with her husband.
THE TOWER IN A READING = A twist or turn can occur suddenly, subtly and/or gradually. When "Lifes modifications" present ( varying in the level of intensity), a readjustment to prior daily living, as one knows it, will be made by oneself, other people, factors and circumstances, whether you like it or not, the change will happen. It is how you "integrate" the CHANGE in your life that will decide the outcome.
CHANGE is inevitable people.
THE TOWER-MAJOR ARCANA XVI pictorial representation illustrates the Tower of Babel ( in the Waite Tarot Deck). Hence, if you know how the story goes, produces catastrophic changes for those involved in its construction, for better or worse...depending on how you look at it.
We are a race of people are comforted by habitual patterns in our lives. Any minor/major addition/subtraction can throw a monkey wrench into aspects of daily life that we never dreamed immutable. Yet, As depicted in the images in the TOWER card, when lightning strikes a flash of recognition illuminates through darkness allowing light to be shed to alter our lives, hopefully for the better.
A good example of this card in a reading , for me, was when I read for a client, a woman of a certain age, who came in with doubts surrounding the whole "tarot thing". I began reading her cards and she was less than impressed. I got to the TOWER and explained that she was experiencing a tumultuous time in her life. She raised an eyebrow...I took that as a good sign to continue.Long story short ( and the aid of other cards to enhance the reading) I explained that she had a male in her life who she dotted on and she was in some way contributing factor to his drug habit. She nodded in acknowledgement as tears welled up in her eyes. The TOWER was significant in this reading because she was attempting to care for her son as she normally would before his heavy drug use. This caused her great pain and disappointment to my client. I explained that this card was about the chaos her son was experiencing in his life. Yet, more importantly, it signified how she must make drastic CHANGES in how she dealt with her son so, she was not aiding in his drug abuse and not being poisoned by his toxic world . As a mother, understandably, she was trying to exert her control through nurturing "cookie cutter " tactics which where lost on an individual who had morphed sadly into a mere shell of the child she had birthed. Cliche as it might be I described as a fitting a square peg into a circle. The changes I explained would be extremely hard but also extremely necessary for her health, the other adult children she loved and her relationship with her husband.
THE TOWER IN A READING = A twist or turn can occur suddenly, subtly and/or gradually. When "Lifes modifications" present ( varying in the level of intensity), a readjustment to prior daily living, as one knows it, will be made by oneself, other people, factors and circumstances, whether you like it or not, the change will happen. It is how you "integrate" the CHANGE in your life that will decide the outcome.
CHANGE is inevitable people.
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