The value of the Arcana Tower in work, finance. Direct position of the Tower card

Direct position of the Tower card:

The tower symbolizes the destruction of the obsolete, its irrevocability; this is the end of the existing situation under the influence of external forces, the realization of which came to you through the Illumination. Next to good cards means the end of the black bar in life, getting rid of a heavy burden. The same card means loss of happiness, destruction, chaos, loss of stability and security.

An inverted card means: dependence on existing circumstances, limited opportunities. You are forced to go the old way, unable to change anything.

Dragon Tarot deck

Arcana description:

LA TORRE Tower: Ancient Serpent, Temptation

In the Old Testament of the ancient Jews, the dragon - the Ancient Serpent - is the personification of evil, the enemy of God, competing with God in the creation of heaven and earth. In the Christian tradition, this is the Dragon, which was defeated by the Archangel Michael, thereby revealing the victory of the light of the Sunsanad over the darkness. The 12th chapter of Revelation of the Apostle John says: "And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole universe, was cast out to earth, and his angels were cast out with him." It is dangerous for people to compete with God. God destroyed the Tower of Babel, scattering all the builders throughout the earth. There is a right to any authority.

Direct position of the Tower card:

Limits - Arrogance - Misconceptions - Hoax - Punishment

The original card meanings that come with the deck.

Deck 78 Doors

Direct position of the Tower card:

Tower - The doors are thrown open by a hurricane of destruction, destroying old ideas and unbending boundaries of personality. Fearlessly cross the threshold of temporary setbacks if you feel that it is leading you to rebirth.

The original card meanings that come with the deck.

Tarot deck by Ryder White

Direct position of the Tower card:

Meanings for Divination: suffering, grief, need, adversity, calamity, shame, deceit, ruin, ruin.

Reverse Tower card position:

Reverse meanings: according to one interpretation - the same as in the main meanings, but to a lesser extent. Also oppression, imprisonment, imprisonment, tyranny.

The original card meanings that come with the deck.

Osho Zen Tarot deck

Arcana description:

The map depicts a burnt, destroyed, and swept tower. The woman and the man jump out of her not because they want to, but because they have no choice. A transparent figure of a meditating person is visible in the background. It represents the witnessing consciousness.

Direct position of the Lightning card:

Maybe now you feel unsteady, as if the ground is slipping from under your feet. Your sense of security has been put to the test, and you naturally grab onto whatever you can. But this inner earthquake is necessary and extremely important - if you allow it to happen, you will emerge from the crash stronger and more open to new experiences. After a fire, the earth is fertilized again; after a storm, the air becomes clean. Try to watch the destruction with detachment, as if it were happening to someone else. Say yes to what is happening and take a step towards it.

The meaning of the map:

Meditation creates this gradually, and the unexpected exclamation of the master, when the student asks a question, and the master screams, or jumps, or hits him, or throws him out the door, or pounces on him ... These methods were never known. They came about thanks to the creative genius of Ma Tzu. He made many people enlightened. Sometimes it looks funny: he throws a person out of the window of a two-story house just because the person asked him what to meditate on. And Ma Tzu not only throws it out, he jumps after him, falls on him, sits on his chest and asks: "Do you understand now?" And the poor guy says yes, because if you say no, he can beat you or do something else. That's enough - his body is crippled, and Ma Zi, sitting on his chest, says: "Got it?" And of course he understood, because it was as unexpected as a bolt from the blue - he could never have comprehended it.

The tower suggests that for a long time we considered our position stable and secure, and suddenly everything collapsed. At the same time, precisely those structures and conventions that we have already surpassed are crumbling, and they have become cramped for us. We can talk about our beliefs or life principles, or about work, finances, friendships or other relationships that seemed to us stable and unchanging. In any case, the Tower symbolizes a certain concept that for a long time provided us with confidence in the future, and possibly a sense of security, and now has ceased to correspond to our increased level. This is usually a surprise to us: when an old concept suddenly collapses, many perceive it as a lightning strike. And because it is precisely the structures that formed the very basis of our confidence that are crumbling, it often looks like a disaster. Only when the first shock wears off do we find that, it turns out, we have got rid of the old ballast. Awareness of this comes by itself or in the form of some kind of hint from the outside.

Job

The tower, as it were, pulls us out of the framework that has become too tight, from the long-unnecessary scenario of “getting our daily bread”, opening up a free and wide field of activity for us. At the event level, this often manifests itself in the form of dismissal of their own free will or at the behest of the employer. This card may mean the closure of the company or, in a more relaxed situation, the unexpected failure of plans that seemed quite reliable. But no matter how crushing this blow may seem to us, getting out from under the rubble, we will feel with a sigh of relief that we have finally come out of prison, although before it seemed so comfortable to us.

Consciousness

Here the card corresponds to a scary, sometimes even eerie feeling of the collapse of all our previous ideas, beliefs, or a whole philosophy of life. At the same time, we are often talking about things that have long made us know about themselves, only we did not want to take them on faith, because they annoyed or upset us as gloomy omens, and we suppressed them to the best of our ability. Now, when they have nevertheless broken through our line of defense, we are suddenly convinced that all our previous ideas about life, about stability, about what we need to do have collapsed and turned into a heap of rubble. Only a long time later it becomes clear that the period was for us a period of major changes, a revision of all our life concepts, a transition to a truly independent and independent existence; it was a breakthrough to freedom, as Krishnamurti remarkably writes. In addition, the Tower can mean revolutionary views in one or more areas, a victory in our field of research, or a sudden insight on how to solve a problem that has long tormented us.

Personal relationships and love

Very often, though not always, this card represents some kind of destructive beginning. Either this is the implementation of urgent changes, which we have resisted for so long, or the release from the captivity of relations with a partner who limited us in development. However, it can also mean that we ourselves were hiding from our problems behind a solid wall of ostentatious composure, stubbornness and inaccessibility, and now it is time to leave these walls towards a new, in all respects fruitful union.

Inner meaning

You have gone too far and you have to pay. This catastrophe is the result of the fact that you believe in your authority, which does not exist, or used your authority not very wisely or for the wrong purposes. In other words, you have played out, and the fall is your fault.

The most familiar story to match the symbolism of this card is the Tower of Babel. The Babylonians came very close to achieving what would be the greatest goal of humanity: the complete unity of nations. They spoke the same language and worked together to achieve a common goal. The result of their labors was destroyed, their languages \u200b\u200bmixed, and they were all scattered to the four cardinal points.

The Tower Tarot card follows Arcanum Devil. The goal of your spiritual improvement is to become like God. But, says Tarot, you will not become like God simply by gaining material power. If you are tempted to rule this world instead of striving for wisdom and spiritual growth, you will lose everything that you have gained. The cause of the disaster is not that you have gained too much power, but that you misused it. Destruction is a direct result of your own misunderstanding of wrong judgments and / or abuse of your free will. The Falling Tower of the Tarot also symbolizes actual material losses: in finances, relationships, prestige, or personal influence. It can also be understood as a warning that your powers are not so great and your understanding is not as complete as you think. In this sense, the Tower of the Tarot illustrates the disaster that can and will happen to those who use magic without understanding its true purpose; the downfall of a person who plays with forces beyond his power and understanding.

In a spiritual sense, the Tarot Tower symbolizes the result of seeking, if you accepted the Devil's offer, even if you try to deny it.

Combinations with other cards

Gain

Sun: insight, revelation

5 of Pentacles: Hard Times

Death: swift impact, powerful forces

9 of pentacles: a bunch of problems

Weakening

Chariot: victory, control

Moderation: community, meaningfulness

Star: serenity, peace

6 wands: approval, pride

Sources

Mars. Will is in impulse. Active attitude towards activity.

The letter Fe. Hieroglyph Mouth. Force. Left ear. The color is scarlet. The name Fode or the redeemer. It dominates the south and noon in summer. Salamanders and Sylphs. Number 80.

Destroy the fortress of your own self, so that your truth grows freely from the ruins.

Collision, struggle, danger, ruins, destruction of plans, sudden physical death, jailbreak, catastrophic fracture. Karmic blow. Hospital. The collapse of plans for circumstances beyond the control of a person. Courage. Destruction, sometimes complete. Unexpected drastic changes.

Reversed: Down kick. Prolonged pressure. Following the old path. Falling into a trap.

A source

Hayo Bantskhava and Bridget Theler “Tarot Thoth by Aleister Crowley. Keywords".

Arcana description

The map depicts a burnt, destroyed, and swept tower. The woman and the man jump out of her not because they want to, but because they have no choice. A transparent figure of a meditating person is visible in the background. It represents the witnessing consciousness.

Direct position

Maybe now you feel unsteady, as if the ground is slipping from under your feet. Your sense of security has been put to the test, and you naturally grab onto whatever you can. But this inner earthquake is necessary and extremely important - if you allow it to happen, you will emerge from the crash stronger and more open to new experiences. After a fire, the earth is fertilized again; after a storm, the air becomes clean. Try to watch the destruction with detachment, as if it were happening to someone else. Say yes to what is happening and take a step towards it.

The meaning of the map

Meditation creates this gradually, and the unexpected exclamation of the master, when the student asks a question, and the master screams, or jumps, or hits him, or throws him out the door, or pounces on him ... These methods were never known. They came about thanks to the creative genius of Ma Tzu. He made many people enlightened. Sometimes it looks funny: he throws a person out of the window of a two-story house just because the person asked him what to meditate on. And Ma Tzu not only throws him out, he jumps after him, falls on him, sits on his chest and asks: "Now I understand?" And the poor guy says yes, because if you say no, he can beat you or do something else. That's enough - his body is crippled, and Ma Zi, sitting on his chest, says: "Got it?" And of course he understood, because it was as unexpected as a bolt from the blue - he could never have comprehended it. (Osho)

A high tower with a roof topped with four teeth is hit by a strong lightning strike, possibly flying directly from the sun. This card is called by various names: Tower, struck by lightning; House of God; Almshouse; Heavenly Fire or Tower of Babel. Two people, presumably a man and a woman, fall to the ground along with flying sparks and debris, personifying the deterioration of previous conditions and the destruction of previous orders. The tower symbolizes outdated beliefs and beliefs, sometimes false premises. It is made of bricks; it has three windows, one above two, indicating the limited outlook of its residents. The tower was hit so hard that its roof separated from the main structure, which means a complete break with the past. Lightning is a symbol of a strong dominant phenomenon. The tower depicts the main reality of the past, which is now undergoing destruction and change. The falling figures represent a rash leap away from the past and a decisive step without asking for help in the sea of \u200b\u200bevents that lie ahead.

Divination value

The change is complete and sudden. Destruction of old beliefs. Moving away from past relationships. Friendship department. Change of opinion. Unexpected events. Destruction. Disaster. Misfortune. Suffering. Cheating. Bankruptcy. The end. Devastation. Complete breakdown. A fall. Doom. Collapse. Divorce. Loss of stability. A sudden event that destroys trust. Loss of money. Loss of confidence. Loss of love and feelings of intimacy. Failure. A terrible change. Breakthrough into new areas.

Inverted value

Ongoing oppression. Following old habits. Life routine. Failure to make any worthwhile change. Getting trapped in an unfortunate situation. Imprisonment.

All the old names of this card - the Destructive Tower, the Burnt Temple, Flame and even the French Le Temple foudroyй - “Temple struck by lightning” - remind of the same event - the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, the last stronghold of the Jewish faith, by Emperor Titus on the ninth of the month Aba in 70 AD. The name Almshouse, adopted in some Russian editions, is an erroneous translation of the French La Maison-Dieu “House of God,” meaning primarily Temple.
On the map, we see a tall tower with a crown instead of a dome; clouds surround it, lightning strikes its top, so that the tower cracks, and the crown tilts and is ready to fall. Flames burst from the windows. Sometimes human figures are depicted on the map: they fly down, an abyss opens up under them.
This card symbolizes a complete collapse, the disintegration of everything that until now has been the basis of existence, a revolution in ideas about the world, powerlessness before the formidable will of heaven. But it is also catharsis, the cleansing of the soul from aggravated sins and sufferings.

The meaning of the map:
You built your house on the sand. What you considered the unshakable foundation of life turned out to be an illusion and suddenly crumbled like a house of cards. All your labors were wasted. Do not try to rebuild what was destroyed: it will not succeed. Better wait out, get over your despair - and start building a new house. Soon you will feel new strength pouring into you.
In practice, the Tower falls out to people who really survived the collapse of something old and familiar (work, marriage, belief in authorities) or expect such a collapse. However, in a direct position, she speaks of the need for these changes, because you cannot build a new one without destroying the old. And the old has already become obsolete, and reanimating it is a waste of time and effort. Once in the position of the past, the Tower may mean that the stage of destruction is over and it is time to start building a new one.
In a purely everyday sense, it can simply mean a conflict, even a scandal, however, a scandal is also necessary in order to achieve the truth.
The tower can also have a literal meaning, i.e. point to a house or structure, as well as the danger posed by them.

Inverted:
It does not advise to rush to the destruction of old relations and connections, it is better to settle the matter peacefully, avoiding scandals and conflicts.

For businessmen:
Advice to drop everything and run, taking the entire cash register, or, conversely, hire a good lawyer and take the case to court, because the chances of winning in both cases are higher than if you just sit and wait for the end.

The tower reflects our need to live in peace with ourselves.

The tower is struck by lightning and is on the verge of collapse.

Destruction. Restructuring. New order.

Traditionally, this card depicts the only symbol in the tarot decks, which is the creation of human hands. This is a tower that has been struck by lightning and is on the verge of collapse. The tower characterizes situations and circumstances that limit and suppress our ability to develop comprehensively. Everything external, contrary to our inner truth and spiritual needs, must be eliminated so as not to hinder our development. The inevitable destruction of the tower is actually a hidden boon, as it brings with it the realization that the status quo has turned into a prison for us and no longer serves as a bulwark of our security.

Symbolism

The tower indicates that the principles on which we have built our lives must be destroyed, because they no longer correspond to our true appearance. This can cause us a feeling of anxiety, since we are always reluctant to part with the things we are used to, even fully realizing the precariousness of our position. The tower proclaims a period of catharsis, when everything that has become obsolete must be eradicated from our lives. We get a chance to demolish the dilapidated building of a past life and erect a new temple of our faith and spiritual values. A flash of lightning is a symbol of light that dispels our inner darkness and illuminates the path to new life. This is a flash of intuitive insight that prompts us to change our lives in accordance with our inner truth. In doing so, we free ourselves from the inner conflict caused by trying to live with a false belief system. Sometimes the Tower indicates a radical change in our consciousness, when we suddenly realize that we can no longer live in the old way and need more complete self-expression. At the same time, we can experience both anxiety and release, depending on the degree of our readiness for change.

Interpretation

The tower means that you are going through dramatic and irreversible changes. Your previous lifestyle is crumbling, and you have the opportunity to reevaluate your lifestyle, rethink your values \u200b\u200band rebuild your life. It's time to become yourself and start living according to your beliefs. For example, until now, your actions were determined by your upbringing, but suddenly you realized that it no longer reflects your true Self. You must be ready to cut off everything superficial, so that you can live according to your inner laws. And although at first it can cause you mental confusion; eventually you will be able to rise to a new level of spiritual growth and freedom.

Ask for the Great in order to gain little.

From the unwritten sayings of the Lord

Description of the card and its inner meaning

In the middle of a wide plain, deserted and empty, a huge stone tower rises. It was here, at its base, that all the inhabitants of the surrounding villages gathered to see the work of their own hands. The last stone in this building has just been laid and a man in a mantle begins to climb on it. His step is proud, he is full of self-righteousness - because now they, ordinary people, will be like God, towering over the world.

The robed man climbed to the very top of the tower, looked around at the crowd below, and prepared to make a speech. At that moment, two lightning bolts burst out from a small cloud in the sky. One of them hit the base of the tower and struck the people standing near it. The other dismembered the tower in two, from top to bottom, throwing off the man in the mantle who stood at the top.

Everyone suffered: the poor and the rich, the old and the young. The most famous story, corresponding to the symbolism of this card, is the construction of the Tower of Babel. It is important to understand one thing here: the construction of the tower itself was not a mistake, not the unification of people. The mistake was the desire that pushed the people to this action. Instead of using their combined power to reveal the divine in themselves, they challenged God himself, trying to rule the world in his place.

In other words, a person is building something new, perhaps on the fragments of the old, but a moment comes when human synthesis is destroyed by the synthesis of the Absolute. The ultimate goal of human efforts, which lies beyond his understanding, not only attracts him to himself, but also sends painful blows. At such moments it may seem that everything has perished, but only afterwards the conviction comes: once there was a blow, it means that one more step of the ascent is over.

Connection of the card with other occult sciences

(ayin) - God commands the thunder and controls the fire,
Letter - P, number - 16,
Ruled by the planet - Mars,
Conformity according to the Book of Changes - 23rd hexagram ("Ruin"),
Runes match - Hagalaz rune (Hagalaz),
Any time of day
Weather conditions - storm, hail,
The corresponding color is red,
The corresponding chakra is Muladhara Bhu (root chakra),
According to Kabbalah, it connects the Sefira Hod with the Sephira Netzach.

Card value

Direct position

The sixteenth Arcanum describes a person who will cause unexpected changes in the life of the Questioner. It can cause attacks of anger and irritation in the latter.

When describing the situation, the following values \u200b\u200bof the card will be used: the destruction of everything that has been built by this time - dismissal from work, divorce, loss of housing. The questioner will need to prepare for deceit, shame and dishonor. The sixteenth Arcanum speaks of events that cannot be changed at will.

Inverted position

In this case, the card will tell about the collapse of plans, the loss of faith, unpleasant surprises. In some cases, the sixteenth Arcanum in an inverted position warns of imprisonment. "You yourself became the cause of all your troubles, the unpleasant situation in which you now find yourself. You were too proud, you were too arrogant, you believed in your infallibility, invulnerability and power, for which you paid. Unfortunately, nothing can be fixed. so the best thing for you right now is to ride out your losing streak. "

The map depicts the Tower of Babel. According to the Bible, one day people all over the world decided to build a tower together that would rise to heaven and be more majestic than God himself. At that time, all people spoke the same language. When God learned about the tower, he got angry and punished people - scattered them to different places and forced them to speak in different languages, so that no one could understand what the other person was saying. Then God destroyed the tower. This story is a way to explain the origin of the thousands of languages \u200b\u200bspoken in the world today. The map shows that too much focus on money, or on worldly success and fame, or on one's own self always devastates a person and ruins his life. It is a map of destruction and sudden, rapid change - strong and possibly violent. It does not have to be a change in external conditions, a change can occur within the person himself - a sudden awareness or unexpectedly arrived knowledge that blows to smithereens what a person has long believed in. It hurts, but further leads to deeper understanding and wisdom. This card says, "Do not be afraid of a dramatic change that you cannot avoid. It has a good reason and a positive purpose that you will understand later."

Questions to ask while pulling out the Tower

• Do you feel like your life is falling apart?
• Are you overstepping your own boundaries?
• Were you strongly influenced by a natural disaster or accident?
• What must naturally collapse to make room for new and better things?
• What do you need to arrange in a new way?
• Do you feel like you're about to explode?

Key ideas

Break your shell and get out. Change what needs to be changed. This stage in life is needed for changes for the better.

Friends

Straight Map: Changes are impending in the composition of your circle of friends. You suddenly realize who your real friends are.

Reverse Card: Friends turn their backs on you. Don't let this bother you. Find new like-minded people.

Study

Direct Map: Study sessions have almost turned your life in a whole new direction. You will achieve remarkable success.

Reverse Card: Poor academic performance undermines your self-confidence. You do not know what exactly you are doing wrong, and you need teacher's advice.

Dates

Direct Map: You learn something about the person you like. The information received will make you see this person in a completely new way.

Reverse Card: A relationship can end abruptly - it will be a very painful blow.

A family

Direct Map: It looks like a big change in family circumstances is coming. You can move to a new home or even to a new country. Although you feel unsettled now, in the long run, all these changes are for the better.

Reversed Card: At home, the state is tense, the same stresses are repeated over and over again. The situation will change for the better only if you approach it in a new way.

Interests

Direct Map: You start to get bored with what you do outside of school and outside the home. Now is the time to find new interests and meet new people.

Reverse Card: You cling to someone or something and it doesn't do you any good. Don't let circumstances drag you down anymore.

Health / Appearance

Direct Map: You are about to make a big change in your appearance. A new look will revive your self-confidence.

Reverse Card: You think you are unattractive, but as long as you think so, you will not become attractive. Stop criticizing your appearance, start looking for pluses in it. The beauty secret is not how you look, but how you feel.

Money

Direct card: You will avoid debt by successfully resolving a potentially dangerous situation.

Reverse Card: If you need financial help, you must ask for it - or better yet, make money yourself. Don't let your pride get you into debt.

Fortune telling in half a minute

Tina was terribly upset to learn that her boyfriend was sleeping with her best friend. She felt betrayed. Everything in life that she held dear suddenly collapsed. The tower reflects the pain that Tina is experiencing, but also shows that although one plot of her life is over, the next has already begun. This new plot will bring many amazing and pleasant surprises.

Compliance

Thought Form: Destruction.
Number: sixteen.
Hebrew letter: Ainu.
Color: red.
Stone: red jasper.
Astrological analogy: Capricorn, Uranus in Taurus.
Other names: "Destructible tower", "The collapse of the tower".

Description

This is the most dangerous card of the Major Arcana. The action embodied by this card is very strong, and its indication comes true immediately. She leaves no time for reflection. But the worst thing is that she does not give time for preparation. Its blow is always unexpected and powerful, like a thunderbolt. The "Tower" lasso is a symbol of disaster. The degree of destruction and the sphere of life that will be affected by this disaster can be anything. Equally, it can be a broken favorite cup and a typhoon sweeping away entire cities, a sudden breakdown of a family, or the bankruptcy of your company due to default. It is important that this happens under the influence of forces that we are unable to foresee and prevent.

The symbolism of the image in this case is quite traditional and quite obvious. The stone tower, engulfed in flames, falls to pieces. A hail of rubble and two human figures fall. One person is wearing a crown and jewelry, the other is wearing simple clothes, and this suggests that the onslaught of elemental forces can turn to dust both great and small, both kings and their subjects. You are not only familiar with the character who personifies the element here, at whose hand the catastrophe occurs, but you have already heard a lot about him. This is the ancient Egyptian god Seth.

Mythological dossier

Seth (Seth, Sutekh) is one of the most ancient Egyptian gods. Included in the Heliopolis Ennead, one of the four children of Geb and Nut, husband and brother of Nephthys, brother of Isis and Osiris. He was considered the embodiment of the evil principle as the deity of the desert and the killer of Osiris. He was portrayed as a man with a thin long body and a donkey's head. Seth's sacred animals were a pig ("abomination of the gods"), an antelope, a giraffe and a donkey. To their names were added such epithets as "storm", "hurricane", "rebel", "uprising". The myths about Seth's struggle with Osiris, and then with his son Horus, were very popular in Ancient Egypt and beyond. The Lebanese identified Seth with Ash, in the Sinai Peninsula they called him Nemti, and among the Greeks Typhon.

Seth's epithets are consistent with what the sixteenth Arcanum portends to us. The area of \u200b\u200blife where we believed ourselves to be reliably protected suddenly reeled. The tower of our views, piling up to the sky, falls, and the picture of the world collapses with it. Events occur that reveal all the fragility and fragility of the foundations, the illusory nature of the created goods and values. We can overnight lose everything that was significant and on which energy was spent.

Most researchers of the Tarot believe that pride is the reason for the appearance of this Arcana. The wrath of the gods was the result of your vanity, the abuse of your free will and power. Sometimes it is believed that this is a punishment for those who could not withstand the tests of the fifteenth Arcana and accepted the Devil's offer, even if they try to deny it. An example is usually given the legend of the Tower of Babel, which was built by the united humanity in order to reach the sky and become like the gods. As you know, the result of their labors was destroyed, their languages \u200b\u200bmixed and all of them were scattered around the world. Of course, if the action of the "Tower" card touches you, then this is the first question that you involuntarily ask the sky. The question "For what?" This is also the first question of the sixteenth Arcanum. And you yourself will try to honestly answer it.

However, I don’t think that the lesson of this Arcana is so clear. Suddenly your answer will be the same as that of the biblical long-suffering Job. This book of the Bible raises the question of the justice of the world, a question that has worried mankind for many centuries and, in its acuteness and pain, little can be compared with anything. Are the successes and misfortunes of a person justified by his real merits and mistakes, or is it just a chain of unfair, unpredictable and uncontrollable accidents? The Book of Job tries to somewhat cool people down in their desire for global justice. The plot of the book is simple. Because of a dispute, the Lord and Satan deprived Job of his home, killed ten of his children, and infected the righteous with leprosy. His friends came to console Job. God is just, they told him in turn. You deserve your suffering, but you don't admit it, and that's why it's so hard for you. But Job, himself a wise master and just judge, does not know and does not acknowledge his sin. He claims that the world is unjust and incomprehensible. But he also does not abandon his faith, which he merges with fear of God, a willingness to accept the world and his fate as they are. And God Himself confirms Job's rightness.

All world religions include the idea of \u200b\u200bjust retribution, but its place is often that rather than this light. Divine justice rarely fits into the framework of earthly human life. Belief in the justice of this world, which is very natural and attractive for a person, can be dangerous. Such faith leads to the recognition of the justice of any punishment, in fact, to the justification of any manifestation of power and power. It is known that realism differs from romanticism in the denial of belief in global justice, but it also differs from cynicism in the presence of faith in a person's own capabilities to establish justice in their affairs.

Thus, I think that the sixteenth Arcanum invites each of us to once again comprehend this issue. Great thinkers and great tyrants spoke about justice, the kindest and most monstrous deeds were performed in its name. And the path to wisdom that the Tarot leads you cannot leave it aside.

However, the lessons of "The Tower" do not end with these two questions so difficult to comprehend. Instead of asking "What for?" sooner or later you will learn to ask the question "For what?" Each of you will find answers to it yourself. I will offer you one of the possible. It takes wisdom and courage to cope with the suffering that the influence of this card can bring you. And one must also be able to comprehend and put into the basis of compassion and sympathy for others, one's own experience of suffering.

Value in the layout

In a straight position

Arcanum "Tower" ("Destruction") means a change, often - a collapse, the end of the existing situation under the influence of external forces, and suddenly and very soon. A symbol of conflict, the collapse of the existing order of life. It can mean an unexpected decision to change the place of work or place of residence. It also symbolizes events that we do not expect, but their results can turn our lives around. And both for the worse and for the better. The secret becomes apparent. Truth and frankness map. He talks about awakening, destruction, imminent changes. With bad neighboring cards, it means chaos, destruction, loss. Along with good cards, it indicates that the time of the "black streak" in life is coming to an end, that there is getting rid of the difficult past, the decay of existing evil.

Council. Remember that we are not sent "over the shoulder" trials. The sooner you get rid of the fragments of your old life and old relationships, the sooner the sun will shine.

In an inverted position

The card means, rather, an internal, psychological collapse. Feeling of hopelessness and self-guilt, personality crisis. Limited ability to express feelings, oppression of individuality. It can talk about dependence on existing circumstances that cannot be changed. It can mean a series of troubles, from which there is no way out. In addition, in the forward and reverse position, the card means the collapse of illusions.

Council. If you cannot change the situation, then change your attitude towards it. (The advice is simple, commonplace, but difficult to follow. Try it, though.)

This card symbolizes collapse - a direct result of your own misunderstanding, wrong judgments and / or abuse of your free will.

The Falling Tower, also called The House of God, Tower of Destruction, corresponds to the number sixteen and the Hebrew letter ayin.

Allegory

Recession, collapse of all your plans, disaster as a result of your own abuse of power or God's gift.

Description

Stone fortress or tower. Its dome is sometimes depicted as a crown. The tower is struck by lightning from heaven, which symbolizes God's wrath. The dome is knocked down, and the Tower itself falls apart. Shards and sparks are pouring from it. There are also two human figures on the map, both male, flying towards their death from the top of the Tower.

Allegory: A building symbolizing human vanity is destroyed by God's wrath.

Inner meaning

The most familiar story to match the symbolism of this Card is the Tower of Babel. The Babylonians came very close to achieving what would be the greatest goal of humanity: the complete unity of nations. They spoke the same language and worked together to achieve a common goal. The result of their labors was destroyed, their languages \u200b\u200bmixed, and all of them were scattered on the four cardinal points.

It is important to understand that the construction of the tower itself was not a mistake, and not the fact that they worked together. The mistake was the reason they built the tower. Instead of using their combined power to reveal the divine in themselves, they challenged God and tried to rule the Earth instead of God.

This card follows the Fifteenth Arcanum (Devil). The goal of your spiritual improvement is to become like God. But, says Tarot, you will not become like God simply by gaining material power. If you are tempted to rule this world instead of striving for wisdom and spiritual growth, you will lose everything that you have gained. The reason for the disaster is not that you have gained too much power, but that you misused it. Destruction is a direct result of your own misunderstanding of wrong judgments and / or abuse of your free will.

The Falling Tower also symbolizes actual material losses: in finances, relationships, prestige or personal influence. It can also be understood as a warning that your powers are not so great and your understanding is not as complete as you think. In this sense, the Falling Tower illustrates the catastrophe that can and will happen to those who use magic without understanding its true purpose; the downfall of a man who plays with forces beyond his power and understanding.

In a spiritual sense, the Falling Tower symbolizes the result of seeking, if you accepted the Devil's offer, even if you try to deny it.

Although there have been hints of this throughout the tarot path, this is the first direct statement of how you should see your ultimate goal. This is not the world you are trying to conquer.

At this point of quest, there is still the temptation to evaluate oneself in terms of this world, according to one's impression on others, according to one's earthly position. Now the temptation is even greater, because you have attained the power, at least for a while, to turn the world of your own free will. But your goal is much more.

You must learn to see the obvious higher level of achievement. If you exchange your spiritual growth for material power, you will lose everything that you have gained.

Value in the layout

Direct or positive: destruction, misfortune, calamity, poverty, deception. An unforeseen crash, a complete failure. Shame, poverty. Financial or personal loss, such as the destruction of your home or business, the breakup of a marriage or close relationship, any catastrophic change in your personal or financial affairs, in particular an unforeseen disaster.

Inverted, or negative: also predicts disasters and losses, but less important; they will affect your life, but they will not destroy everything that you have built. A sudden, unexpected change. Oppression, misfortune, shame, tyranny.

Everything you have achieved has collapsed. In many cases, this disaster would not have happened if you had acted wiser from the start. If you act wisely now, you can avoid at least some of the problems.

If this card represents the Questioner, then you have gone too far and must pay. This catastrophe is the result of the fact that you believe in your authority, which does not exist, or used your authority not very wisely or for the wrong purposes. In other words, you have played out, and the fall is your fault.

The tower belongs to the so-called change cards, but these changes are usually sudden, unexpected and unwanted. It is associated with volatile, uncertain situations leading to breakouts, ups and downs. She often indicates an explosive temperament or outburst of anger and warns that you may be involved in certain aggressive actions, arguments, and sometimes in situations of violence. If your goal is to raise awareness, then the Tower shakes everything that has become too rigid, rigid and unyielding, and forcibly pulls you out of the limiting and preventing circumstances. Energies that have been suppressed and hidden for too long are suddenly released and find their way out. This card indicates the intervention of fate or Divine power in your life, speaks of recklessness, coups and crises. You may face difficult and dangerous situations, or experience a shock to your entire system. Such a shake-up helps to identify defects and weaknesses that are unable to withstand such stress, for the Tower destroys the sense of false security in all areas of life - at work, at home, in relationships, or in self-awareness. This can be humiliation, loss of a privileged position, the collapse of an established relationship. Pride can be overthrown, and then a hitherto hidden crack in the foundation of your personality becomes visible. But while the Tower often speaks of external troubles - such as an accident, bankruptcy, or dismissal - things won't necessarily be that scary. Perhaps the result of the Tower will be a flash of insight, insight, or an innovative idea, often shocking and unexpected. Perhaps you just do the cleaning and throw all unnecessary things out of the house.

The lightning on the card represents the inspiration that opens up new possibilities, and the flame encourages action, serving as a kind of spark plug in the car. The crown at the top of the tower reminds of the parietal chakra: with the rise of kundalini energy, the doors and windows of perception do not just open, but simply swing wide open. You can clear trash, destroy obstacles, clean up old and make way for new. The tower symbolizes the powerful orgasmic power of the creative impulse, long held back, but finally free of emotions. Sometimes it can mean an emotional fireworks of romantic love, coming like a bolt from the blue, or literal problems with the roof. In a broader sense, it can indicate a change in urban development, an earthquake, a revolution and the subsequent outcome of those who disagree.

Traditional meanings: troubles, suffering. Need, poverty, deprivation. Disasters, disasters, destruction. Overthrow, collapse. Suddenness, surprise. Misfortune, failure. Defeat, overthrow. Shame, dishonor, loss. Bankruptcy. Punishment. Awakening. Healing, beneficial crisis. Natural disasters. Shipwrecks.

Inverted Tower

Traditionally, the Inverted Tower is considered less sinister and less disastrous than the straight one. In addition, it can mean happily avoided at the last moment unhappiness, liberation from restrictions or the end of a black streak in life. One querent described the human figures depicted on the map as "escaping unharmed." It is quite possible that you will have time to escape before it gets really tight.

On the other hand, life can slowly crumble, despite your assurances that everything is in order. Or, you can accept failures and failures without a murmur, so used to living with them that they no longer surprise you. You deny or postpone the necessary changes by persistently softening the situation that is about to explode.

But it may also be that external pressure is growing, and you have nowhere to run. You can refuse responsibility for what is happening, pretend that you do not know and do not understand anything, you can point-blank not to see the friction in relationships with others or the violence that is perpetrated against you. You can agree that everything is very bad, but refuse to do anything about it. You can hold on to established structures and the status quo, ignoring red flags and confident that you are not in danger. Or, you are overwhelmed by the feeling that trouble is inevitable, leading to paranoia and panic. However, there is more confusion and discomfort in this card than real danger. You may be clearing rubble after a personal crisis. In the French Tarot tradition, an inverted Tower signifies imprisonment, as, according to legend, Napoleon pulled it out on the day of his departure to Saint Helena.

When projected onto other people, the inverted Tower makes you afraid that they will cause you trouble or become a source of disaster and upheaval. They may be annoying and uncomfortable for you. However, on the other hand, they may appear in your eyes as dynamic "confident and disturbingly dangerous. On the personal plane, the card can represent internal disorder, chaos or anger. But sometimes it can be a" slap on the head "designed to shake you out of a smug inert state.

In terms of health, this includes surgery, chemotherapy, accidents, injuries and burns. Fever and skin problems such as acne, scabs, abscesses, rashes, and nausea and vomiting may occur. However, these symptoms may indicate that the body is in the process of cleansing and getting rid of toxins. In one querent, all this coincided with an attack of appendicitis. And, just as the straight card represents male ejaculation, the inverted card indicates impotence.

From a shamanic and magical point of view, this is a rise of energy - including with the help of the so-called "cone of power" - or a terrifying breakthrough to enlightenment either through the practice of kundalini yoga, or through direct Divine intervention. It can also be spiritual healing or sex magic, as well as astral battles and magical wars.

Traditional inverted meanings: with a small degree of probability - destruction, overthrow, loss, loss. Imprisonment, arrest, captivity, provoking a criminal offense. Suppression, tyranny, submission. Disease. Punishment. The secret birth of a child. Monopolization. Exile. Persecution, persecution.

Astrological meaning:
Uranus / Saturn as a symbol of a burst abscess.
TOWER.
The tower suggests that for a long time we considered our position stable and secure, and suddenly everything collapsed. At the same time, precisely those structures and conventions that we have already surpassed are crumbling, and they have become cramped for us. It can be about our beliefs or life principles, or about work, finances, friendships or other relationships that seemed to us stable and unchanging. In any case, the Tower symbolizes
a concept that for a long time provided us with confidence in the future, and perhaps a sense of security, and now has ceased to correspond to our increased level. This is usually a surprise to us: when an old concept suddenly collapses, many perceive it as a lightning strike. AND, since the very structures that formed the very basis of our confidence are crumbling, it often looks like a disaster. Only when the first shock wears off do we discover that, it turns out, we have got rid of the old ballast. Awareness of this comes on its own or in the form of some kind of hint from the outside.

Doors

Not a day goes by in our life that we do not use the doors. We continuously enter and leave, "pass" through the doors, and we are so accustomed to this indispensable detail of our life that we forgot about the most important symbolic role of doors.
The door is the entrance. In many cultures, the concept of "discovery" is associated with rituals symbolizing a change in psychological and spiritual meaning - a new status, a new worldview, insight and, in fact, discovery, or in occult terminology - "Initiation". In ancient traditions, the entrances to the sanctuaries and chrome were guarded by the "Guardians of the Threshold" to remind of the deep sacred meaning of this "passage": it was a statue of knights, dragons, lions, sphinxes, angels and deities like, for example, Catholic Janus. The role of the Guardians of the Threshold was to keep demons, evil forces and unworthy people out of the door. This laid the tradition that has survived to our time, when the groom in his arms brings the bride through the door of the house, as if initiating her into a wife and introducing the Guardian as the mistress of the house. Open or closed, the door always defines the boundary of the space of sacred power.

In the Gospel of John, Christ speaks. “I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. " In the churches of ancient Judea there was a door and the Holy of Holies where sacrifices were made for the sins of the people, into which only the High Priest could enter. For independent Turks, the "Supreme Portal" was a symbol of power. For alchemists, the door is a common symbol that connects the outer world with the inner world. The ritual of crossing the threshold, the ability to pass through the door is a metaphorical act associated with spiritual growth, transformation and Initiation.

Keys

Every door has a Key.
It doesn't matter how small or big it is, gold or metal,
simple or intricate - the main thing is that it must fit the castle.
The task of the Key is to “open” or “close”, which symbolizes the possibility of access to almost everything: to power, place, person and even public consciousness. You need a key to enter. To this we can add: “to bind” or “to free”. In a deeper sense, the key is a magical tool that allows you to overcome the border between conscious and unconscious, meaning Initiation and the presence of higher knowledge. In some Masonic lodges, the key is the emblem and distinctive mark of the Master.

Each business has its own key. So, for example, in the architecture of Gothic temples, the key, or "cornerstone", which supports the entire multi-ton structure of the vaults, are architraves. The inability to correctly calculate their parameters, that is, making the Inappropriate key, can cross out all the work and even lead to the collapse of the building and the death of people. It must also be remembered that a key that is not being used rusts, making it unusable.

To understand a book, metaphor or piece of music, “keys” are also necessary, which are often stored in our memory and suddenly come to mind when we strive to learn and reveal secrets. Symbolic images and variants of the "key" are countless. Great scientists and esotericists were engaged in the search for "keys" to knowledge. An example is the famous English mystic and linguist Edward A. Waite, who devoted his book "The Illustrated Key to the Tarot" to the interpretation of Tarot symbols and signs. The introduction to the book contains these words: “The true Tarot is symbolism; no other language and other signs are known to him. Its emblems, from the point of view of their hidden meaning, are folded into a kind of alphabet, forming a myriad of combinations and giving everything a true meaning. At the highest level, it gives us the key to the Sacraments ... ”.

Two types of Doors

A door can serve as an entrance or an exit, it can be open or closed.
Likewise, the cards in this deck have double meanings. A closed door always has a negative value. This can be seen as a physical or imaginary barrier that limits our progress. This is the lack of flexibility, exile, the impossibility of contact with others, everything that does not allow the flow of energy to freely and naturally flow out.

How can we overcome resistance and open the door? There are various possibilities: for example, to use force and destroy an obstacle, as did the biblical Samson, locked in Gaza, who, in order to get out, simply lifted the city gates and carried them to a nearby mountain; you can look for another door; you can think about and find the key that fits exactly that door.

An open door always has a positive meaning, symbolizing overcoming obstacles and entering, We have the opportunity to imagine what is on the other side, expanding the boundaries of our space. The door is also a thirst for knowledge, a desire for change and change, an immediate personal vision. Open doors allow you to better understand, hear your heartbeat, analyze the past in order to create the future and, finally, look into the depths of your consciousness and be open to others.

The inverted (upside down) position of the card is interpreted as the opposite of the direct one.

0 (XXII) Fool

All established rules have been overturned. You will have a completely new creative experience, often quite chaotic. However, it doesn't help much to find the correct key.

I Mage

The door opens onto a path full of possibilities, and in order to use them, you have to master the skills of a Magician and an illusionist. To do this, you will have to work hard, which will take a lot of time.

II High Priestess

The door opens to knowledge. The perspective of your future accomplishments and the dramas of your life path unfolds before your eyes. If you are patient, restraining your desires, this vision will help you and become a good counselor.

III Empress

The door opens into a garden of emotions and beauty. You have the opportunity to see the most important milestones and directions of your journey. The card can also indicate a young mother or a new friend.

IV Emperor

The Emperor opens the doors to the kingdom of success and security. Completed plans and good business will create a stable position for you. Noble person or wealthy groom.

V High Priest

You are given the keys to spiritual growth. You can safely trust an authority figure, a leader. It can also be Our inner voice and heavenly Teacher.

VI Beloved

Choosing the right door in matters of love can be more difficult than expected. Small obstacles or "love triangle" are possible.

VII Chariot

Honors and prosperity, the doors of success are thrown open, and all that remains for you to do is to enter and reap the benefits. Keep believing in yourself and don't refuse to help those less fortunate.

VIII (XI) Strength

The lions guarding the door of the Force can be awe-inspiring or your best allies. You have the ability to use your instincts, transforming them into future willpower and composure.

IX Hermit

Inconsistently closed doors mean a short-term expectation of good circumstances or indicate the ability to independently open another door to the inner area. This card marks a period of introspection when loneliness does not mean isolation.

X Wheel of Fortune

The door to a new stage is open to transformation, a process of change, an opportunity not to be missed. Swim peacefully into the new on the waves of a changing destiny.

XI (VIII) Justice

If you have followed the path of honesty, you have no reason to fear anything from the door of Justice. Vigorously tackle your problems and at the moment when you least expect it, you will find wise people who are ready to give good advice.

XII The Hanged Man

You may feel unable to find the correct clue and are out of control. Your time has not come yet. It takes time for the past to model the future. Rest assured that the door will open on time.

XIII Death

The danger that can be lurking behind this door comes from the fact that the desire to change the old situation is incorrect. And yet every end leads to a new beginning. This is the law of being.

XIV Moderation

The vital energies within you are balanced again, opening the door to recovery and peace of mind. Deep friendships can also be born or strengthened. Optimism.

XV Devil

It is a great temptation to open some doors that probably should remain closed. The game can be dangerous. Strong sexual impulses, magnetism, even moral temptation is possible.

XVI Tower
The doors are thrown open with a hurricane of destruction, destroying old ideas and unbending boundaries of individuality. Fearlessly cross the threshold of temporary setbacks if you feel that it is leading you to rebirth.

XVII Star

The door to infinity leading to the Higher Mind is directly within you. Follow the creative inspiration that comes from the depths of your soul. Romantic connections.

XVIII Moon

This door opens into the depths of the soul, and entering it can be a wonderful or disturbing experience. Everything that is manifested is in continuous change, reality is harmoniously connected with memories and illusions

XIX Sun

All shadows are destroyed, all doubts are erased. Meet the dance of life with an open heart and positive emotions. Important goals will be realized, fear of fateful decisions will disappear.

XX Last Judgment

It is time to awaken, breathing new strength into every aspect of your life. Do not be afraid of surprises and accept any changes, no matter how surprising it may cause. Give up old dogmas and stereotypes and follow the light, a long trip is possible.

XXI World

You found the key you were looking for; the cycle has ended and another begins. Current plans will be successful. Rejoice in stability, peace and all the gifts that are given to you.

Ace of Wands - Creative potential. Inspiration that gives extra energy to achieve future goals.
Two of Wands - Curiosity leading to intellectual development and discoveries. Implementation of your own ideas.
Three of Wands - Ability to find an alternative way to implement new ideas. Cooperation.
Four of Wands- Satisfaction with what has been earned by conscientious work. Good organization, trustworthy friends, employee affection.
Five of Wands - Ambition, composure, sweeping away all obstacles on the way, even friendship.
Six of Wands- Deserved success and advancement in the career ladder or increase in social status. Appreciation.
Seven of Wands - Interest in "closed doors" and the secrets of the world. Great courage, will and physical strength.
Eight of Wands - Intuition that helps in making difficult decisions. Clairvoyance. Clairaudience.
Nine of Wands - The transition from the end of the project to the beginning of a successful enterprise, the final calculation, the final stage, thanks to the employers for what was done.
Ten of Wands - Waste of energy in the search for useless values \u200b\u200bor due to the pressure of imposed heavy responsibility.
Page of Wands- A youth full of enthusiasm. Fan.
Knight of Wands- Passionate and impetuous person. Impatience and inability to hold back.
Queen of Wands - A sensual woman with a very strong character. Creative and sensitive nature.
King of Wands- A domineering man with an iron will. Excessive seriousness at times.

Ace of Cups- Emotional outburst. Love. to another person or an emotional approach to something.
Two of Cups - Strong affection, beloved or sincere friend.
Three of Cups- Generosity and benevolence. Inner balance and good health.
Four of Cups- Calmness and contentment can lead to stagnation and inertia.
Five of Cups- Pain for something lost, regret. Stop looking back and open up to the future.
Six of Cups- well-being. See life with simplicity and curiosity, like a child.
Seven of Cups - Due to the unconscious fear of reality, there is a tendency to seek comfort in an illusory world.
Eight of Cups- Discarded ideas. In search of something sublime, you can lose friends or a stable position.
Nine of Cups- Recognition of virtues giving a stable state. Wealth and lucid desires.
Ten Cups- Happiness in feelings, rewarded love that bears fruit.
Page of Cups - A sensitive and dreamy person, at times a little superficial. Future news related to the realm of the senses.
Knight of Cups- Impulsive and romantic-minded person, utopian and dreamer.
Queen of Cups - Generous woman, gentle, with a great sense of sacrifice. Mental wealth.
King of Cups- An educated and creative person with a highly developed intuition and a sense of humor.

Ace of Swords- Creation of new ideas. Imagination. Idealism, which sometimes threatens to degenerate into egoism.
Two of Swords- The need for the protection of powerful friends; surprise from an unexpected but positive situation.
Three of Swords- Doubts and pessimism that cause suffering, but after a period of intervention, will be overcome. Renewal.
Four of Swords- Self-awareness and self-centeredness, which can lead to indifference or emotional emptiness.
Five of Swords - Despondency and lack of self-confidence, which, when faced with a problem, make it difficult to overcome it.
Six of Swords - The ability to change the daily routine of life by going on a Journey or in any other way. Hobbies and romantic thoughts.
Seven of Swords - Determination and persistent search, an impetus to find new solutions to any problems.
Eight of Swords- Fear and indecision that lead to isolation and devastation. Pressure from society and government.
Nine of Swords- Loneliness as the main cause of pessimism, fatigue, inaction or life by inertia.
Ten of Swords- Concerns and unresolved problems leading to the search for refuge in fantasy and surreal dream world. Jealousy.
Page of Swords- An intellectual and critic who can also be cunning and vindictive.
Knight of Swords- A brave and elusive man for enemies. The need to protect the fruits of one's labor and intellectual activity.
Queen of Swords- An energetic and independent woman whose personality can oppose her to others. Trance.
King of Swords- A highly educated person with a strong tendency to rule over others. A narrow and indifferent view of the world.

Ace of Pentacles - Various keys of material happiness. Wealth determined by money and property.
Two of Pentacles - A new and unknown business that turned out to be quite successful, especially if you do not neglect the help of a strong ally.
Three of Pentacles - Development and implementation of plans. Possibility to solve problems and find several exits.
Four of Pentacles- Rage and fight at any level, the desire to prove your case in any way - all this is overkill and will lead to meanness and devastation.
Five of Pentacles - An agonizing expectation of the problem resolution. Material worries and worries.
Six of Pentacles- An unexpected increase in wealth and gifts. A generous person willing to help others.
Seven of Pentacles- Constant excessive demands on yourself, which leads to hassle and a desire to quit.
Eight of Pentacles- Pettiness and craving for monotonous painstaking work. The tendency to follow the movement of the crowd and herd feelings.
Nine of Pentacles- Satisfaction with the financial situation. Creativity governed by a measure of prudence.
Ten of Pentacles- Material security, giving family happiness and stability in relationships.
Page of Pentacles- A capable and thoughtful person, scientist or public figure.
Knight of Pentacles - Responsible and generous person. Carefully thought out plans.
Queen of Pentacles- A charming and ambitious woman. The need to listen to other people's opinions.
King of Pentacles- An energetic, patient and practical person. A penchant for empty fantasies.

For the Tower, which is traditionally considered the harshest card of the Major Arcana, oddly enough, you can search for your keyword for a long time. Many cards herald the "change" in the tarot deck. Jester, Wheel of Fortune, Death ... And the same Six of Swords? Don't they all promise change? In short, these are not "changes".
The unexpectedness of these changes? The strangest thing is that the Tower may not be unexpected at all! The situation, like an abscess, has ripened for a long time. This is the "end of the world" that was expected. Maybe even really awaited! So this is not a "surprise".
Liberation? Again, the Tower will not be the exclusive carrier of this meaning. Liberation is carried by the Judgment, the Sun, the Star ... and a number of cards.

And it turns out that the key word is "crisis". Or even a "crisis". Explosion or scrapping after previous injection. In a sense, this is punishment for what came before. The Expulsion of the Devil (previous Arcanum) takes place on it. The old name of the Tower is the House of God. This is something worth considering. This is the House of the Devil (as the map was called in medieval Italy), transforming under the blow of heavenly lightning into the place of God's presence. Along the Tower is liberation from a false aspiration that does not contribute to the development, through the destruction of what a person believed in and for which he strongly strove. There is a loss of the achieved balance based on false grounds. The tower is the orderly of evolution, it heals our life from everything that poisons it, destroys stagnant situations that hinder growth. At the same time, the blows of fate may seem as tragic and incomprehensible as it seems to a child who is being dragged to the doctor to remove a sick tooth. Few people take these cleaning operations with enthusiasm, but they are still needed.

The tower shows that the walls behind which we were hiding (or hiding something) are crumbling. One period of life is replaced by another, and this happens very rapidly, and therefore not painless. In the simplest sense, the card symbolizes the end of the existing situation under the influence of external forces, unexpected and very quick. It can be either just a reactive clean-up type of order, or a total collapse of the current situation (at least in the area of \u200b\u200bthe question being asked). The tower pulls a person out of the constraining circumstances, violates a long-standing state of affairs. Sometimes this is completely in line with the expectations and even desires of the questioner, so the Tower is not always so bad. Along with positive cards, she informs about the disintegration of existing evil, heralding the end of the black streak in life and getting rid of a heavy burden. It's time to enter the future with the rumble of the debris of the past.
It is another matter if all this does not at all correspond to either expectations or desires. Then it is a bolt from the blue, a kind of painful revelation that undermines the very foundations on which we stood, a radical breakdown of the old outlook on life. It is important that the "blow" itself is delivered by forces that are not worth trying to cope with. Another significant point - there is no point in restoring the deceased in the Tower, it is useless.

At different positions of the alignment and depending on the situation, the Tower changes its scale and significance. It can be both external destruction and internal shocks. For the future, it rather serves as a warning that what we have long considered stable and secure may suddenly shake. Radical changes are brewing, the air smells like a thunderstorm. As an indicator of the past, she says that the obsolete has collapsed and will not be reborn. Sometimes we are talking about internal things - stale beliefs or life principles, and sometimes something more tangible becomes the target, but in any case, it is precisely those structures and conventions that we have already surpassed that fall apart on the Tower. In fact, the old breaks down because the time has come, the new is already maturing, something more creative, lively and vital, and the old has already become obsolete, and reanimating it is a waste of time and effort. When the shock wears off, we find that we have got rid of the ballast.

On the Tower we clear the garbage, throw out old and unnecessary, destroy obstacles. Sometimes she says that we are in an extremely intensive process of transformation, something shook and shook us, we felt a breakthrough to something important, a place was made available in us for something new. We are burning with some idea, feeling, desire, breaking one thing, striving for another, experiencing shock and liberation. This is the acquisition of inner truth, which for a long time languished in us under a bushel. This process is like a thunderbolt or a river that blew through a dam. It can be such a powerful and vivid experience that it is almost impossible to “collect” yourself and turn to your daily routine (the notorious “demolition of the tower”).
The traditional meanings of the Tower are unexpected frustration and collapse of plans, in the worst case - complete failure, misfortune, suffering. Catastrophic changes in the affairs of the questioner, destruction of a house, business, marriage (depending on the topic of the question and the surrounding cards), sometimes - imprisonment. In a purely everyday sense, the Tower often means a conflict, even a scandal, but it is a thunderstorm, after which the air becomes cleaner. It is possible to engage in some aggressive actions, in difficult and / or dangerous situations.

In rare cases, the Tower portends a triumph, but even then it is more likely a "Pyrrhic victory", which comes at too high a price.
Unforeseen destructions, accidents, breakdowns, accidents, and sometimes attacks occur along the Tower. On a global scale, it reflects wars, natural disasters, explosions, terrorist attacks, revolutions, the collapse of the regime, the destruction of the existing order. Plane crashes, shipwrecks.
It is believed that the Tower, appearing in the layout, determines the value of other cards in the negative direction.

"Like a thunderbolt."

Most likely, the person is in shock. He is overwhelmed by some news or event, and everything that he had previously planned and hoped for suddenly changed. Maybe he is decisively trying to free himself from something and acts as a destroyer, but again, there is some reason for this.

The tower is a stress test that exposes all of our weaknesses. The fall of erroneous beliefs under the pressure of reality, the overthrow of values \u200b\u200bthat provided us with confidence in the future and a sense of security (in the emotional sphere, professional, financial ... spiritual, finally). The image of the Tower can mean the structures with which a person tries to protect himself from growth, from the world, from the activity and diversity of life. In a sense, the 16th Arcana depicts a prison consisting of rigid, impervious to change, and at the same time highly elevated representations. Unused powers, undisclosed emotions, paralyzed energy are locked within its gloomy walls. They accumulate and press more and more. A person becomes cramped in himself, but he persistently forces himself to cringe, just not to grow out of fear of pain (and life). In fact, this whole structure is a futile attempt to stop the process of growth, change, transition from one state to another. And so, reality, conditioned by a limited outlook, is being destroyed. The Tower of Views piling up to the sky (and that area of \u200b\u200blife where a person considered himself to be reliably protected) suddenly staggered and scattered along with the old picture of the world. This is often perceived as a disaster, since it is precisely the structures that formed the very basis of our confidence that are crumbling, but in fact this is a well-deserved crisis, the inability to remain in outdated positions. Nothing else happens on the Tower, but the conditions for further growth are being created. This is the pain that stands in the way of rebirth.

We all go through the Tower experience many times. Man is imperfect, and his knowledge of the world is always only partial. We all, to some extent, shield ourselves from the environment in order to gain stability and tranquility. Disappointment in their illusions, hopes and rational constructions does not escape anyone, the only question is how often positions are revised (here the main role is played by openness and interaction with the outside world, in general with forces that surpass their own "I"). If a person does not do this for a long time (and we somehow lay the bricks of performances every day), then he manages to heap a very high structure, and then he risks being simply "buried" under its rubble - it will take a long time to dig out, and this experience will leave its scars. This is a special life wisdom - the understanding that the walls of your tower are your enemies rather than friends. Still, the feeling of falling can be downright creepy. Sometimes "righteous anger" and the rage of destruction and liberation pass through it, but more often it experiences a loss of orientation, existential horror, the overwhelming realization that you are not the person you imagined yourself to be, that you are grasping at the air like falling figures on a map.
It is important for a person suffering from acute pain in the Tower to remember that he is not alone. There, from a height, Someone looks at him, sees everything (that's why he blasted that he sees ...) and will not leave him under any circumstances. Even blatant losses are valuable gifts from the universe, and times of crisis and despair are often the most rewarding phases of growth. Having an honest look at yourself, you can truly free yourself and move on. As noted by one of the modern Western tarologists, “By accepting the shock, you will be able to move forward on your present path, and sooner or later the Star of Hope will flash upon you. The alternative is to drag yourself through the mud as a passive victim, wondering where you are and how you got here. " The action of the Tower is very vividly seen in Priestley's Dangerous Turn, where the protagonist discovers that the whole building of his life was an illusion, and where questions of deception and self-deception are shown brilliantly. And one more thing that must be remembered in the "tower" times - the most important, the most valuable and essential cannot be destroyed. This is not what the tower destroys. She burns garbage (even if we are ready to pull it out of the fire with our bare hands at the time).

The Tower Man has an extremely restless disposition, it is just a powder keg. He suddenly bursts into the stage like lightning, and just as suddenly hits, which also leaves a feeling of thunder from a clear sky. He always longs for change (at least unconsciously), he is cramped within the framework determined by life, and therefore something happens to him all the time, he and the people around him receive regular "shakes". He is dynamic, confident, exhilaratingly unpredictable and always willing to take risks. The tower brings shock and confusion into the lives of those with whom fate confronts him (her), it is living rock. At the same time, the spirit of a person is unbending, it is difficult to break him, and his own life, full of sharp turns, serves him, if not a lesson, then a hardening. A tower of either gender is often characterized by an explosive temperament and an inability to maintain good relationships with others. This is a born duelist who always looks for trouble. In the worst case, it is a rowdy, brawler and rude, or even a criminal. Historically, the Tower corresponds to tyrants and dictators (who are overthrown sooner or later if they do not have time to die before that). Megalomania and punishment for pride pass through the Tower. Anyone would have lost their nerves ten times already, "and he, rebellious, asks for storms, as if there is peace in the storms." However, he has the gift of freeing other, less cool and radical people from what oppresses them - once or twice, doors are knocked out, telephones are torn off, suitcases are packed, and indeed a joke with them, with things, and now you are flying " a hare "in an unknown direction, without even trying to guess how it will all end. With the Tower, the phrase “see Paris and die” ceases to be a literary phrase.

In a spiritual sense, the Tower symbolizes the consequences of the fact that the person was "beguiled" by the demon, he accepted the offer of the Devil, even if he tries to deny it. The Sixteenth Arcanum describes the destruction of the vibrations of the Fifteenth. The tower is something sent by God (blow, punishment, revelation, destruction of illusions). Contrary to modern interpretations, in the deepest sense of the Tower it is not so much “demolishing the tower”, as strictly the opposite - “setting the brains down”. We receive a reminder from the Universe that we are not omnipotent (even if we have gained power), that the will of man, no matter how strong it may be, in comparison with the Will of God, is secondary and limited. The tower warns - do not imagine yourself to be the Lord God, do not imagine that "man himself controls." What you are striving for now does not contribute to evolution and is not part of God's plans. Therefore, you will be guided on the true path, the constructions of your limited mind will be overturned. The sixteenth Arcanum is the mystery of the overthrow of all that is false, unviable. It symbolically depicts the fall of Lucifer, Dennitsa, who was cast down from heaven "like lightning" by the army of the Archangel Michael. Sometimes it is also associated with the fall of man and his expulsion from paradise, although, in fact, this whole structure resembles paradise a little ... Probably, the closest thing to the Sixteenth Arcanum is the famous myth of the Babel Tower, a symbol of vanity, which the Lord did not allow puffed up people to finish building. Allegory: something not quite real falls under the pressure of divine intervention. Therefore, the Tower addresses a person with a warning: the task you have set cannot but destroy the one who solves it. And does it make sense? What you are building at least ignores the laws of God, and maybe even violates them. It is the essence of the fall, so the expulsion from paradise will definitely follow. This construction cannot be completed, although much has already been done. A uranian blow will follow, putting an end to this matter. From this Uranian lightning, the sun of new truth can shine. Divine revelation destroys all delusions at once, leaving nothing of them.

Astrologically, the Tower is affected by the influence of Mars (cosmic energy in its rough materialistic form), as well as such planets as Pluto (globality and massiveness, "nowhere to hide"), Uranus and Saturn (sudden destruction and renewal). The tower can mean both the blind destruction of forms, and the fall of the dilapidated one. Mars is a person's personal moral principle, dominating fate, giving physical strength, spiritual impulses and hope for immortality. But the hope for immortality comes to a person only when he "falls from his Babylonian tower" and nothing else remains for him except this hope. In the mystical sense, the Tower corresponds to astral battles, magical wars, exorcism.

The tower also corresponds to the mystery of the Phoenix rising from the ashes renewed. This is the ability to be reborn, to radically change after cleansing crises (from the deceptions of the Devil passing to the Star). The card often depicts how a golden glow or other substance that symbolizes the released potential forces bursts out of the gap formed by the blow. In the Masonic tradition, the tower symbolizes the column of Jachin and the first fire, "from which everything begins and with which everything ends." Also, the stones of the Tower symbolize the callousness and rigidity of the human soul, inertia of consciousness.
The images of the figures falling from the Tower differ in different decks. Sometimes one is a king losing his crown on the fly, and the other is a poor man in rags. This is a hint that no one will escape cleansing crises and a revision of ideas in life. Almighty Destiny is completely indifferent to what place a person occupies in the hierarchy of this world. Sometimes it is a man and a woman, then it means rather the association with the fall of man and retribution for the concession to the temptations of the previous Arcanum. Sometimes the Tower is associated with the "fiery sword" at the entrance to Eden. Exile is reflected here in the form that a person falls into the lower world and incurs the illusion of materiality.

The tower is the axis of the world that embodies spiritual evolution towards the divine heights. Esoterically, this Arcana also depicts the mystery of the interaction of thought (representation) and word. The human soul, in order for the created inside to be manifested outward (the word was spoken), turns inward. But the spoken word destroys the previous internal integrity, and when speaking, a person ceases to understand the meaning of what was said and creatively touch the essence of things. Hence the paradoxical at first glance the phrase "A spoken thought is a lie." When a person comprehends the true power of the word, he is mostly silent (an example of this is the ascetic-silencers).

The map can only warn that the structure is shaky, the forces are not so great and the understanding is not as complete as it seems, and as a result of the abuse of God's gift, misfortune may occur. A typical example: the catastrophe of a person, which plays with magical forces beyond his power and understanding, or a psychic who exaggerates his capabilities and (semi-consciously) profiting from the misfortunes of people. The tower has long been considered an edification card for the seeker of occult knowledge. She says that if you are tempted by the opportunity to rule this world instead of striving for wisdom and spiritual growth, you will lose everything that you have gained. The reason is the misuse of power. Not in the fact that you manifested it in principle, but in where you directed it. Walking the spiritual path, it is not THIS world that a person should try to conquer. At this point of quest, there is still a temptation to evaluate oneself in terms of this world - according to the impression made on others, according to earthly position and status. But if you exchange spiritual growth for obvious material achievements, you will lose everything, and in the hermetic sense of the XVI Arcanum - about this. EITHER YOU HAVE ASSIGNED A POWER THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE, OR YOU ARE ASPIRED TO A GOAL TO WHICH YOU HAVE NO RIGHT. It symbolizes the collapse of an arrogant intellect that encroached on the mastery of the Secret Knowledge.

Shocking changes. A sudden decision to change jobs (or even profession). Dismissal "like a bolt from the blue", leaving with noise and crash, "slamming the door" Quarrels, stress, destruction of business relationships.

Professional failures. Defeat in the competition. Great crash. Abrupt closure of the project. Company bankruptcy.

It suddenly turns out that the plans are unrealistic, not designed for human strength, and therefore doomed to failure.
Fiasco. Situations in which a person feels that all his works were in vain, and the meaning of life has also disappeared somewhere. Loss of prestige and influence, career collapse, removal from office, removal. Disaster as a result of abuse of power.
A risky venture, an unreliable business, an unsustainable enterprise.
Mainly military and sportsmen pass through the Tower professionally. It can also be an indicator of professions associated with clearing a place, destroying the old (and this can be radical psychotherapy).

The tower can literally indicate a house or structure, as well as the danger posed by them. Fire, destruction, robbery. The sudden decision to change the place of residence.
Financial structures built on the principle of a house of cards. Doubtful foundation of the case, if the past comes to light, all sorts of shocks will begin ("Don't worry, Kozlodoev, we'll all sit down!")
Bankruptcy, financial ruin, economic crisis. Business destruction, financial losses. Need, poverty, deprivation, misery.
Breakdown of the deal.

Here, as in everything else, the Tower bears scrapping and liberation. And the person feels more “scrapping” or more “liberation” - that's another question.
Sometimes there is just a conflict passing through the Tower, and sometimes an indomitable sexual impulse, sometimes one passes into another ... but in any case, it is an explosion and the release of long-accumulated and suppressed feelings. If only something was kept under the cover, restrained, tolerated, silent, waited, then the Tower is the hour of the explosion. The spuds are crumbling, the reins are torn, patience is bursting, in a word, the safety margin is running out, sometimes completely treacherous. The direction of the Tower's interpretation can sometimes be guessed precisely by whether this period of "nuclear deterrence" preceded it, whether the clockwork was ticking. The previous nature of the relationship can also provide a clue. If the situation felt like a dead end, and the relationship (or lack thereof) was very much like a prison to the person himself, the Tower is “kicked the door and went out”. Sometimes it is experienced positively, like a man doomed to life imprisonment experiencing the unexpected destruction of a prison in an earthquake - he gets out free, not experiencing any nostalgia for the wreckage.
The tower can mean the collapse of the previous relationship, which seemed stable and unchanging, or a very severe test of love or friendship, after which the opinion about loved ones changes. The ancient words “collapse as a result of wrong judgments and abuse of free will” are absolutely accurate, and you can only feel to what extent this is so after going through all the drinking of the Tower. Its other meaning is “cleansing storm”. And one more thing - "ashes". Which of them is closer to the truth in this case remains to be seen.
Marriage crisis, divorce. Some "revelations" often take place on the Tower - the long-hidden truth breaks out, a sudden understanding of the true essence of events arises. This may be the awareness of one's own dissatisfaction with the marriage, and the fact of treason, and other unexpected blows ("everything was confused in the Oblonskys' house"). On the Tower, secrets are revealed and illusions are dispelled.
The sudden loss of a spouse, knocking the ground out from under his feet. In practice, there was a case when the Tower indicated a sudden widowhood, the death of a spouse, and a man, in a stunning awareness of his vulnerability, was left with a small child in his arms, he had to build a completely new life.
In part, the card indicates tyranny and oppression (the context of the alignment is important), the situation can also be dangerous, threatening, fraught with violence.
The tower carries a lot of sexual energy. Lightning sometimes takes the form of the zodiacal sign of Scorpio, and the tower itself is seen as a phallic symbol. She symbolizes the powerful orgasmic power of emotions that have been contained for a long time, but have finally gained freedom. Therefore, sometimes a sudden love passes through the Tower, which “jumped out in front of us, like a murderer jumps out of the ground in an alley, and struck both of us at once! This is how lightning strikes, this is how the Finnish knife strikes! " The direct card is associated with erection and ejaculation (inverted, respectively, with problems in this part; it is also believed that it may indicate the secret birth of a child). On the Tower, sex is possible spontaneous, very passionate, unexpected for the person himself, and sometimes violent. Sometimes a passion passes through it, which orderly destroys the lives of the people captured by it. "Everything happened" - but to open their eyes and look around after this atomic explosion, they are simply scared ...
For a lonely person living with a feeling of complete stagnation and tired of loneliness, the Tower is an almost optimistic map. She says something will happen! It is not a fact that it will be a great happiness, but in any case, a boring and calm existence will end, it will be possible to escape from the dungeon of stupor. It happens that a person is ready to take risks, just to overcome inertia, and he is not very scared even by the prospect of being left with a broken trough (however, the energy of the Tower is such that the other's trough will hardly remain intact).
A modern tarot reader, writing under the pseudonym AlmaZ, says the following about the Tower: “The card can represent the period when a person decides to do something that he has never done, following the principle: now or never. Those who marry the wrong person leave; single people fall in love and tie the knot; women who have never had children take their last chance to conceive, while those who have worked boring jobs for years quit and walk to the Himalayas. For the sake of happiness and growth, everything standard must go away, so that it will be replaced by something that has been dormant for so long in the depths of our being. "

Diseases of the "like a bolt from the blue" type. Fractures, injuries accompanied by acute pain. Accidents, injuries. Burns. Shock. Sometimes sudden healings pass through the Tower, the disease can be “expelled” and “etched away”, but this, as a rule, also shakes the body to the core. Surgical operations. Radiation and chemotherapy.
Symptoms of freeing the body from toxins pass through the Tower - high fever, vomiting, all kinds of skin rashes. Hemorrhages, abscesses, suppuration, an attack of appendicitis, a ruptured cyst.
Heart attack, heart attack, stroke.
Age crisis.
Nervous breakdown, severe frustration. Panic attacks.
Mental disorders, rather psychopathic than neurotic (the old comic definition: a neurotic is one who does not give life to himself, a psychopath is one who does not give life to others). The heat of passion.
Undermined health (for example, as a result of radiation damage).
In exceptional cases - death (catastrophe, accident).

It is believed that the inverted position softens the action of the Tower: what is built will not be destroyed to the ground. It becomes less sinister and disastrous. It may not be so strong chaos, but it will continue to last longer. Or it is simply a delay in a change that still has to be faced. It can also be a misfortune happily avoided at the last moment. But still, usually the upside-down Tower brings anxiety and pain.
In an inverted position, the card speaks of a strong dependence on existing circumstances, which at the moment cannot be changed - opportunities are limited, individuality is oppressed. A person follows his own footsteps by the same path, lives along the old track, ripening for a fundamental crisis of development, ignores alarming signals and clings to the status quo. He postpones necessary changes, softening the situation that is about to explode. Sometimes, on an inverted Tower, a person stubbornly denies a crisis, friction in a relationship, or even perpetrated violence, as if it were not there.
The card also advises against rushing to the destruction of old relations and connections, it is better to solve the matter peacefully, avoiding scandals and conflicts.

Traditionally, it is believed that it has a narrow meaning: tyranny, oppression, bondage. Cheating. A shame. Harassment, persecution, persecution. In French tradition, the inverted Tower symbolizes imprisonment, since according to legend, it was Napoleon who pulled it out on the day of his departure to St. Helena.

With Jester - danger due to carelessness, carelessness

With the Magician - retribution for permissiveness

With the Empress - selfishness and the risk of being left alone; danger of bankruptcy

With the Emperor - the need to defend their interests, with difficulty defend their conquests

With the Hierophant - the spiritual quest went down the wrong path; crisis of faith, possibly involvement in a sect or falling under the rule of a homegrown "guru"

With Lovers - the need to quickly make the most important decision

With the Chariot - a formidable warning about an accident, an accident on the way. If the road is not foreseen, then cards of control, victory, triumph in the struggle.

With the Hermit - loneliness due to unreasonably high conceit

With the Wheel of Fortune - big and unexpected changes will take place in life

With Strength - extremely strong and not very friendly people will appear in the environment

With Death - "the swift impact of powerful forces." Accidents, injuries, painful incidents. Traditionally, this combination is a foreshadowing of an imminent disaster, literally or figuratively.

Moderation - weakens the action of the Tower.

With a Star - whatever the upheavals, there is no need to be sad, everything is for the best. Serenity and Peace The Stars calm the Tower's storm.

With the Sun - health problems, depression. Also, this combination is considered a warning not to borrow or invest money. Another meaning is bright illumination, revelation.

With the Six of Wands - approval, pride, success.

With the Five of Pentacles - very difficult times, especially in terms of money.

With the Nine of Pentacles - "a bunch of problems" (according to Guggenheim)

Finger of god

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Ragnerek (fiery end of the world in Germanic and Scandinavian mythology)

Fall of Sodom and Gomorrah

Ruins of babylon

Shiva's dance

"Suffering means putting on immortality."

“Truly, the Lord is present in this place, and I did not even know! How awful is this place! It is nothing but the house of God, it is the gate of heaven ”(Genesis 28: 16-17).

SHARED

The sixteenth Arcana of any deck is almost always perceived negatively, as it brings with it rapid changes that we are not ready for. Today we will look at how the Tower, which many are so afraid of, is served in the Tarot 78 Doors. Immediately I would like to note that Antonella Platano managed to create a somewhat "softer" image of this Arcana than in many classic decks.

General description and symbolism of the card

So, the first thing that catches your eye when looking at illustration 17 of The Arcana of the Tarot 78 Doors is the color palette. Instead of the usual stormy sky and fiery tones, here we see a warm terracotta brown scale. Even the raging waves here have an unusual color. The tower itself stands on the very edge of a steep cliff, which immediately suggests the thought: what madman even got the idea to settle in such a dangerous place? The building is on fire, tongues of flame are bursting out of its windows, but the inhabitants of such a strange dwelling still managed to escape - they ran out of the fire at the last moment, but they are still in shock and do not know what to do next. It is interesting that in the Tower of Tarot 78 Doors you can see all four elements at once. See for yourself: stormy sky - air, fire - fire, raging waves - water, cliff, on the edge of which a building stands - earth. It seems to me that this is no coincidence.

The main meaning of the card

So, what will be the main meaning of this formidable Arcana? It seems to me that this is destruction, abrupt changes for which a person is not ready, the collapse of plans, hopes, instability, an attempt to avoid a difficult situation, excitement, danger, accident. If we use the special Door-Key scheme used in this deck, we will see that the Door is negative change, and the Key is the need to act quickly to avoid the catastrophic consequences of these sudden events. I would also like to say about my personal feeling from this map: it seems to me that people themselves are partially to blame for what happened, because choosing such an unreliable place for the construction of a building, they could not foresee the danger of natural disasters. Fire is not the only thing that could threaten them: the cliff could collapse, undermined by water, in a storm the flooding of the first floor could threaten. Therefore, a lightning strike and fire, no matter how strange it may sound, seems quite natural.

Inverted meaning of the Arcana

The reversed meaning of the Tarot Tower of 78 Doors is a danger that has already passed. The catastrophe has already happened, all the terrible is left behind, and now we need to think about how we will recover from everything that happened.

The meaning of the card when describing a person

I would say that this is a person who looks like a time bomb. He can endure for a long time, but one fine moment "explodes", so much so that others will not seem a little. Also, such a Tower, it seems to me, may well come to some maniacs, criminals with an unbalanced psyche. In an inverted form - a psychological crisis, a shift, a difficult situation that has already remained in the past. This is a person who has gone through a very difficult period that destroyed his life to the ground, but now he is recovering, collecting himself bit by bit. At the same time, it is difficult to say what kind of life events were discussed - those that took place on the physical plane or only inside his head - this should be looked at on additional maps.

The value of the Arcana Tower in work, finance

The meaning of the Tarot Tower of 78 Doors, if we ask the deck about professional activity, is any abrupt change, most often of a negative nature. This can be a dismissal from work, a layoff, a complete reorganization of the company, a project that did not succeed at all, although they worked on it for a very long time and fruitfully, bankruptcy. In the opposite position - everything is the same, but already left in the recent past, adaptation to the changes that have occurred.

What does the card mean for relationships and love?

For questions of personal relations, Tower of 78 Doors will mean a break, a sharp, unexpected parting, a divorce, a change for which a person is not ready. For the latter case, an example can be given: a girl lives with a boyfriend, it seems to her that everything is serious with them, she is already making plans for the future, and then she suddenly finds out about her pregnancy. She runs to tell this, as it seems to her, good news to her boyfriend, but he takes her with hostility and says that in general he is not ready to become a father, and in general he was not even going to call her in marriage. For the girl, this will just be the straight Tower. Reversed - the values \u200b\u200bare similar, but slightly shifted in time into the past.

The value of the Tower in the hands of health

A health tower is always a bad card no matter what deck you are talking about. These are sudden serious diagnoses, injuries received suddenly, and this is not just a broken arm, but something more critical, for example, a spinal fracture. HIV, cancer are also quite suitable for this Arcana, since a person who has learned such a diagnosis will no longer be able to live as before. All his existence, all plans suddenly collapse. If the Tower is turned upside down, most likely the person has already adapted to what happened, learns to live with it. The second option - it was scary, but, as they say, "carried". For example, the querent got into an accident, the chances of survival were very small, but he managed to get out. However, your interpretations may differ from mine, because each tarot reader has his own vision of the Arcana.