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The Tower

27 Apr

I can’t say that I am surprised to see The Tower. But it is still unpleasant. On the Robin Wood card a cracking tower stands alone completely isolated, surrounded by raging waves that eat away the foundation. Fire burns from within the tower. Lightening striking down from the sky. The occupants are forced out of the tower and falling. They can no longer hold on to the unsafe tower blindly believing that everything is OK.

Today is my last day as an employee at this company that worked for for many years. No severance pay. I am still there as a freelance graphic artist. But only two days out of a week and without medical insurance. Long story short. I had high hope for this company to succeed. It was my retirement dream. The truth is that a lot of us knew it was being mismanaged and no one but the top boss had any say in anything. That was the problem. Now it’s come down to this. In a way it is good that it forces me to look somewhere else and start over. Maybe even something that I enjoy more. In another way it is very scary because my partner also works for this company. It creates a very bad situation even though he is still in the company full time. I think all of us are waking up to the reality of what’s going on.

Every daily reading of this week points to this. Opposite of the positive weekly reading last Saturday. Were the cards telling me to look for the positive? Or did I just miss it completely? I do know that I had glimpses of The Judgement a few times and even Wheel of Fortune Reversed that showed me clearly what was happening. I was just hoping and hoping for a different outcome. But it’s time to just move on.

 
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Posted in Major Arcana

 

Card of the Day – Ace of Cups Reversed

03 Jan

I am finding out that I don’t know Aces that well. So this one will be interesting to see as the day develops.

Aces are beginnings. Start of something new. The foundations. Cups are emotions, the unseen, creativity. Things from deep inside. Water overflows the Ace of Cups. There is abundance of love and compassion. New creative ideas coming forth. On the Robin Wood card a light emerges from the center of the cup, like sunrise. With light there’s clarity. When you see clearly what’s hidden within, you reach enlightenment.

With the card reversed, it can mean unable to start a new creative project, can’t get love started. Or maybe even weakness in the spiritual foundation? Speaking of foundation, I wonder if this has anything to do with The Tower in the weekly reading?

Note: 3:34pm. As it turned out, The Tower did have a huge influence today. I’ve contemplated on a couple issues that I thought could be what the card pointed to. But what happened earlier really hit me by surprise. I guess it’s difficult to avoid the ground-shaking, roof-shattering element of surprise that The Tower has. It was work related. Both my partner and I are quite shook up from the news. It’s life-changing and it demands a better look at things. But why Ace of Cups Reversed? I would think that Pentacles represent the situation better. Or maybe Wands. Can this be a warning to watch out for the emotional response? Maybe reality is not as troubled as the inner disturbances? Curious.

(Major arcana images grabbed from this Wikipedia page, minor arcana images from this page. I use Robin Wood Tarot which has different imagery. This is just to give you an idea of the card.)

 
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Posted in Cups, Reversed

 

Three-card Saturday

30 Dec

This reading makes me kind of depressed. :-( But I think it’s kind of positive in a way too. I have Ten of Wands, The Tower and Three of Swords Reversed.

Ten of Wands is not a surprise. I’ve been informed that there will be a lot of work in the coming week. So it looks like it will be the kind of week that you can’t really see what’s ahead. Just one task at a time as they come. The Tower is scary. It represents shattering of an old image. It’s dramatic. It’s usually needed to make transformation happen. Necessary growth. It is a major card so that it is probably life changing. I’ve been getting a lot of major cards lately.

It is a small comfort to see Three of Swords reversed after The Tower. Healing of the heart. Pain is ending even though it is still there. On the Robin Wood card there’s one blade with serrated edge which could cause more pain. It’s handle is deep blue that represents spiritual matters. It’s a very painful matter that’s finally healing. Eek. I am a little depressed now. But I think it’s not a negative reading. Just that the fear of the change is great.

(Major arcana images grabbed from this Wikipedia page, minor arcana images from this page. I use Robin Wood Tarot which has different imagery. This is just to give you an idea of the card.)

 
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Posted in Major Arcana, Reversed, Swords, Wands