“But the ego is destined to dissolve, and all its ossified structures, whether they be religious or other institutions, corporations, or governments, will disintegrate from within…”.
-Eckhart Tolle

The collapse of false protection

The walls you’ve built to protect yourself are crumbling

The walls of The Tower explode as lightning strikes it, exposing the rooms inside the tall structure. All the possessions, complexities are exposed to the elements. The thing you once called asylum is in shambles down to its foundation. Now the only choice is to rebuild; grab everything salvageable and move forward. Build it better, stronger; this is your opportunity to reinvent the structure of everything you know. When you’re at rock bottom, you can be anything; reinvent yourself.

Dark skies are filled with clouds of smoke billowing out of a tower high in the sky. A brilliant bolt of lightning strikes the crown positioned on its roof top, sending two people flying through the air. One has their hands on their head, securing their crown from the velocity. The other is falling face down, with his red cape on fire. The Tower, which was seated on a mountain, isolated in the sky, is surely a devastating fall. Fire hails from the sky, the roof’s crown falling with it.

Meaning

Like death, The Tower symbolizes upheaval and massive change in your life. It’s something that knocks down your internal structures you use to protect yourself.  All the walls you’ve built around your heart come showering down, leaving you open and vulnerable. The thing is if you had been paying attention you would have seen it coming.

Take a moment and gather yourself. Don’t take too long this may only be the eye of the storm. Once you’ve found stable ground, look around at what’s left to salvage of your morals. Take what has survived and rebuild. Disrobe your armor and meld it into something that can stand up to the person you are becoming

Influence on Suits

Cups

The Emotional risk you are involved with can make or break your structure completely, but there is no reward without risk.

Wands

The object of your will has the ability to shatter the foundation of society. Maybe not single-handedly but you will contribute or inspire the leaders of it. It will change views around the world.

Pentacles

Something drains your disaster fund of most of its cushion. It may seem unexpected, but you have known for some time something was about to break, ignored it and hoped for the best. In the future position this can be prevented.

Swords

Mentally, you are burned out and at the point of break down. If you are strong enough not to crack and swallow the stress it can make you ill physically or mentally.

Coming Soon: The Tower Reversed
Coming Soon: The Tower Card Combinations