| Recently I did a Tarot reading for a client who has | | | | "accidental and coincidental" occurrences, like |
| been having a lot of trouble with accidents, like fender | | | | fender-benders. The Law of Accident is more at work |
| benders and such. This client was so banged-up and | | | | during these times of extreme change than at other |
| bruised from all of his recent misfortunes that he | | | | times. Luckily, nothing serious had happened to him, and |
| asked for a reading to find out what was going on. | | | | he is going use some daily rituals to focus his intent |
| Not surprisingly, in both the present-time and | | | | and be more aware of his surroundings. |
| progressed Tarot readings for this client, the Tower | | | | The Tower Card Reversed in a Tarot Reading |
| card showed up, both times upright. A lot of | | | | If the Tower appears as a reversed card in a Tarot |
| practitioners of magic shudder when they see the | | | | reading, then the implications are different. If it's |
| Tower because they think it automatically means | | | | reversed, then you need to start looking at whether |
| chaos. It does, sort of, but it means something more | | | | you have broken any Rules of the Road (the laws |
| specific than that. | | | | that govern magical practice) or whether there is |
| The Tower talks about complete material | | | | something karmic going on. Maybe you've gotten |
| disorganization or chaos, caused by spiritual forces | | | | crosswise with a deity. |
| beyond one's control. The world is obviously | | | | If you see a reversed Tower , do some exploration, |
| experiencing a lot of chaos and change right now, as | | | | through divination or possibly a blow-up Tarot reading, |
| we approach the end of a cycle on the Mayan | | | | to find out what the situation is about. During this time |
| calendar and prepare to enter the next. The Tower | | | | of world upheaval, it's important to correct situations |
| talks about chaos coming into people's life from the | | | | like this as quickly as possible. Luckily, the world is also |
| outer world. As you can see on the card itself, the | | | | much more plastic or flexible right now, so correcting |
| lightning comes into the picture from the outside world. | | | | situations may be easier than you think. |
| | | | A Few Additional Notes About the Tower Card |
| The Tower Card Upright in a Tarot Reading | | | | The severity of the change or chaos indicated by the |
| These days, when the Tower card appears upright in | | | | Tower isn't necessarily related to whether the Tower |
| a reading, it means that a big change is coming that | | | | card is upright or reversed. Whether the card is upright |
| you should be prepared for. Sometimes this means a | | | | or reversed merely tells you what kind of change you |
| natural disaster, and sometimes death, but in most | | | | are dealing with. Remember that that Tower |
| cases it is just a warning to be prepared for a major | | | | represents changes appearing in the outer world, and |
| change in your environment. | | | | often reflects deity-level changes. This card has |
| In the case of my client for whom I was doing the | | | | shown up a lot in recent years, tying in with world and |
| Tarot reading, the Tower indicated that he wasn't | | | | galactic changes. Changes indicated by the Tower can |
| being aware of his surroundings. He needs to be more | | | | be violent or drastic, and are simply a warning for us to |
| conscious of the Law of Accident at work around him. | | | | be prepared. The Tower isn't bad, it's just a warning to |
| The Law of Accident says that if we don't have a | | | | be aware. |
| strong intention and focus, then we fall prey to | | | | |