The Tower
The Tower warns that the structures in your life may be unstable and ready to collapse, urging assessment of how securely your relationships, career, and self-care are built. It asks whether you are investing needed time and energy, or merely scrambling to hold things together. Though it signals sudden destruction and upheaval, the card also presents an opportunity to escape the rubble and begin anew with an unburdened perspective. The guidance is to avoid delaying the inevitable and to let outdated rules and habits fall away when they no longer serve you.
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Meaning
Is your castle made of sand? How easily could this skyscraper that is your life come crashing down around you? Have you been putting the time and energy needed into your relationships, your career, and yourself? Or are you simply running madly, trying to hold it all together? You may be standing in the face of total destruction and scrambling—not in an attempt to hold it all together but to escape the falling rubble. But this doesn't mean that all is lost, and you certainly shouldn't delay the inevitable. This may just be an opportunity to start anew with an unburdened perspective. Our lives get filled with so many rules and habits that remain long after they have lost any benefit or purpose. What was formerly useful often becomes a hindrance if it sticks around too long. Let it fall away.
Visual Description
A Roman numeral XVI appears at the top and the caption 'THE TOWER.' is printed along the bottom. In the center is a rectangular black panel depicting a tall yellow tower struck by a white lightning bolt. The foreground shows large legs and a crowd of people running and looking up with alarm against a glowing orange sky.
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