Slow burning Tower?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 29 Nov 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Pipistrelle	29 Nov 2004
Hi, Yesterday was my birthday and I did a spread I found here - it covered the past year and the coming year. In the position representing "issues or goals carried forward from the past year (into the coming year)", I drew the Tower. This has perplexed me somewhat (easy to do :D) as I usually think of the Tower as representing something sudden, dramatic and short-lived - not something that could be "carried over". Can anyone shed any light on this for me? I would be most grateful :) Pip

Fulgour	29 Nov 2004
Much as when the old year ends and the new one begins, The Tower can signify an annual time of joyful celebration. Like the expression, the king is dead ~ long live the king, it is a time of reckoning: out with the old, in with the new. Time, which flows like a fountain, may be seen to be both passing on and being renewed. The Tower may signify that you have now reached a significant turning point in your personal life and career, and a time for new resolutions. Consider all you have seen and come to know, and then envision the future you would ideally desire ~ there is the direction in which to begin to see events flowing forward.

Pipistrelle	29 Nov 2004
Fulgour wrote: it is a time of reckoning: out with the old, in with the new. ....Consider all you have seen and come to know, and then envision the future you would ideally desire ~ there is the direction in which to begin to see events flowing forward. Thanks Fulgour! I definitely like this interpretation and it makes sense - I do feel, especially today, as though the world is my oyster and I can achieve my goals in the coming year..."anything is possible" - time to shape my own destiny :) Thanks - definitely an aspect of the Tower I hadn't really thought of... Pip

Fulgour	29 Nov 2004
You're so very welcome, and just look at me... I forgot to say

Ace	29 Nov 2004
Pipistrelle wrote: Hi, Yesterday was my birthday and I did a spread I found here - it covered the past year and the coming year. In the position representing "issues or goals carried forward from the past year (into the coming year)", I drew the Tower. This has perplexed me somewhat (easy to do :D) as I usually think of the Tower as representing something sudden, dramatic and short-lived - not something that could be "carried over". Can anyone shed any light on this for me? I would be most grateful :) Pip Happy Birthday, Pip! The Tower says there are still things that need cleaning out in terms of goals or problems from this year. I would sit and think about what grudges you still carry, can you just finish with them now? old business of any kind? can you just dump it or finish up now? this is a good card really for a turn of the year: it says to finish old stuff this year, so by NEXT year you can really start fresh!

Thirteen	29 Nov 2004
Pipistrelle wrote: In the position representing "issues or goals carried forward from the past year (into the coming year)", I drew the Tower. A lot of "Towers" lately. At least, that's what I'm seeing in this message area--you're like the third to ask about it. The Tower isn't only the tower falling, it's also the lightening bolt illuminating everything for a moment as it strikes down the tower. Perhaps what you're carrying forward is that illumination, that ability to see true from false. The issues you learned this year that you're carrying into the next might be the ability to build--and to rely on--that which is real and strong, not that which only looks good, but collapses in a storm. And a very happy birthday!

Pipistrelle	30 Nov 2004
Thank you also, Ace & Thirteen. You've all touched on different things here and given me a lot to think about. Isn't it wonderful how everyone can get something different from the same card? It never ceases to amaze me how much depth there is in the Tarot (and height, and width :) ) When I get a minute, I'll try to compare your comments with the rest of my spread and see if anything falls into place. They've certainly opened me up to the possibilities of The Tower and I'm going to try to explore this card a bit more. You think you know what a card means and then it turns up in a new position and you're stumped :D Thanks again! Pip

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