Shake It Up Baby!

The Tower is one of the more disturbing cards in the tarot deck. Just one look at it and you know the news may not be too good. In truth, that depends on the circumstances you are in. People automatically go to the negative side of the Tower without thinking about the other possible side of it. When we look at the illustration of the Tower from the Rider-Waite deck it does look a bit grim. We have people falling from a tower that is engulfed in flames. The one person is wearing a red cape. Red as we know is the color of passion which is one indicator that things are far from calm. The lightening, the clouds, the flames, the pointy mountain of ice below all indicate that there is nothing friendly here. The interesting thing is the crown which is shown as having been blown off of the top of the tower. Assuming that the crown represents the crown chakra, we have an interesting situation. The crown chakra represents our highest self, our point of personal divinity if you will, and here it is pretty much tossed aside. It looks like panic city to me! Intuition has been thrown aside and fear is running rampant. The Tower when we see it in a reading represents upheaval and drastic change as a result. People are resistant to change so this is not a welcome card to see because we expect the worst as a result of the change. To be honest, this does come to pass more often then not. There are times however, when the change is desired and so it is actually a welcome card to see. This can be anything from a marriage to a move, to an unexpected pregnancy or a change in a relationship that would be positive one of course such as you running into or hearing from a person you wanted to reconnect with or a much needed divorce.


For meditation you would use this card as a way of reflecting on how you can shake things up in your own life in order to make the changes you feel you need . In order to find the passion to do something drastic,I would suggest using a red candle to light that fire. For crystal use I would suggest a clear quartz crystal to give you clarity and for aromatherapy, cinnamon oil for a bit of luck and energy to get the task at hand done.