Meaning: abrupt change, surprises, new foundations, unexpected event, liberation, natural disasters, chaos, destruction, eye-opening development, loss, trauma, resisting change, delaying the inevitable
The Tower (XVI) represents the abrupt changes and occurrences that happen in our lives. The 2020 pandemic, for example, was a ‘Tower moment’ for all of us affected by it (everyone in the modern world, I assume). 9/11 was also a ‘Tower moment.’ For those that experience hurricanes or blizzards that put a stop to normal life, plans, and destroys properties, extreme weather may also be ‘Tower moments.’ However, Tower moments don’t just mean external disasters—The Tower can also mean both positive and negative unforeseen personal changes that happen or have already happened, like a job promotion, a new job opportunity, a health issue/injury, a new love, a breakup, or finding out your “best friend” was talking badly about you behind your back. These are Tower moments too.
“It is strange, but true, that the most important turning-points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected ways.” – Napoleon Hill
“The key to a woman’s heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.” – Sean Connery
“It’s easy to live the expected and conventional. It’s when you live the unexpected that you start having fun with your life.” – Richard Bach
More about the deck:
The Tower card in The Lovers Mythology Deck shows lovers in front of a burning building in the middle of a metropolitan city. Hot pink has been associated with sweetness, femininity, and romance (which is all fine and good) but it has also been associated more recently with rebellion, which is part of the reason why I chose to use hot pink as a major color in this card.
We live in a time where traditional gender roles are being challenged and women are freer than they’ve ever been and in a way, I wanted that reflected in The LOMY Deck’s Tower card as a sort of homage to the ways in which our generations have challenged—and continue to challenge—how things are done. We have virtually rebelled against every part of the system we did not like and often times succeeded. Amongst the many potential interpretations a Tower card can have, rebelling for a good cause is certainly one of them.
Journal prompts:
1) Write in your journal about what you want to rebel against and why.
2) What do you feel in your heart has overstayed its welcome?
3) What do you KNOW you have to change in order to be happy?
4) How has a ‘Tower moment’ in your life changed you? Is it still affecting you today? How so?
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