In the Tarot there are cards that are considered to be notoriously 'bad' or when they appear they can be considered omens of ill or intense energy. Now, it is my belief and the belief of many practitioners that there are no inherently 'bad' cards, that each card independently is not bad, though there can be combinations of cards that can indicate intense or rough energetic patterns. The Tower is one of those cards of ill repute. Often times I flip it over and receive groans of dread, irritation or flat out fear from my clients. I can't say that I have never fallen into that thought process, even as someone who truly believes that this card can be one of trasformation and clearing. I have turned this bad boy over before for myself and cursed until I ran out of breath. Why? Because as much as the Tower does not necessarily spell out doom, it does spell out movement.
We have to take this card at what it is: action. The Tower is a card of getting things done and getting them done now. I often refer to the Tower as the mama bird pushing the baby out of the nest or the sky diving instructor tackling you out of the plane when you're frozen at the precipice. The Tower is the universe going 'If you won't do it, I'll do it for you.' In my opinion there have probably been opportunities given that were of a gentler nature and we've ignored or not seen them so now here we are.
The Tower is ruled by Mars, the planet of not only war, but expenditure of energy, passion, strength and ambition. The Tower is therefore ruled in Aries, the cardinal sign of the entire zodiac and being ruled in Mars has association with Scorpio, an atomic sign of completing tasks and rebirth. Aries and Scorpio have never been mistaken for gentle signs, they can both be brutal in their energetic output, but they get it done. That is why this card feels so intense, because it is ruled in intensity. The reason we balk from it is because it takes the control out of our hands. When we are in a Tower moment we can feel really contractive, out of control emotions. We rail against it because often times we want to hold the reins, but us being in control wasn't getting us anywhere, so mama universe took them away temporarily.
The moral to the Tower is this. Yes, this feels crazy, yes things are tumbling around like you're in the fish tank that little girl keep poking in Finding Nemo. But, they're moving, often in the direction that they need to be, just a little (or a lot) faster than we would prefer. Once the somersalt down the hill ends there will be relief, a clearing of ground and things will be easier. You will see clearly what was happening to open the new path in front of you. So, as Tracy our metaphysical handyman always says,
"'Tuck and roll, baby, tuck and roll."
Blessings,
Alyssa
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