the tower

The Tower

In the Tarot, 16 is associated with the Tower where shocking situations can happen, unpleasantness and negativity rule. It is also the destruction of something that has been built upon false beliefs. The Tower is a structure (your home or beliefs) that when built, you thought would last forever and nothing could or would destroy it. With Uranus retrograde, your tower this year may be hit with lightning. The Tower is a difficult card in the Tarot because if your structure (beliefs, thinking, attitude, family, relationships) have been built on all that is false, then your foundation will be destroyed and you will be forced to rebuild – only to make way for a new and better foundation. The Tower doesn’t really offer us much but destruction, because sometimes certain beliefs have to be shattered in order for illumination and enlightenment to follow. That is its true message.