Z's Grimoire

A piece I wrote sometime ago as I was just beginning my study on tarot cards, was reminded of the theme yesterday and went hunting.

So many witches will groan over The Tower and it’s assumed meaning, but I’m one of those who views it as a good card, a card indicating growth through hardship:

A message I think we can all try to adopt to change our thinking:

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After the Death of ego The Fool is forced to let go

Let go of everything he thought he once was

And just as he shakes free of his shackles

The World just in front of him crumbles away

As The Tower falls

In the rubble, The Fool is suffocating

He searches for light, any light at all

But he is veiled only further in darkness

His words fail as he cries for help,

And the silence is thundering.

But in that deafening silence

The Star shines, guiding his path

He just needs to follow the light

Through The Moon, to The Sun.

To The World! To happy endings.

Most say The Tower signals crisis,

Destructive chaos crumbling our aspirations.

I argue The Tower is a lesson in choice

When the dust clears over the rubble

You can hide in the shadows

Or rebuild upwards toward the light