Okay, so, the Tower card, right? In a love reading? Total chaos, I thought. I’ve always been curious about tarot, so I decided to dive in and, well, experience it firsthand. I figured, what better way to learn than to just… do a reading for myself, focusing on my, ahem, complicated love life?
First, I got myself a deck. Nothing fancy, just a basic Rider-Waite deck I picked up online. I spent a few days just getting familiar with the cards, you know, looking at the pictures, reading the little booklet that came with it. The Tower card kept jumping out at me – that image of a building being struck by lightning, people falling… yeah, not exactly reassuring for a love reading.
Then, I did some digging online. I read a bunch of articles and forum posts about how to do a simple tarot spread. I settled on a three-card spread: past, present, and future. Sounds easy enough, right?
So, one evening, I lit some candles (for atmosphere, obviously), shuffled the deck while focusing on my question (“What’s going on with my love life?”), and laid out the three cards.
The Reveal
- Past: The Lovers. Okay, not bad. Made sense, I’d had a pretty significant relationship that ended a while back.
- Present: Ten of Swords. Ouch. Total defeat, rock bottom… yeah, that felt accurate. I was definitely feeling pretty down about the whole dating scene.
- Future: …The Tower. Seriously?!
My first reaction was pure panic. “This is a disaster! My love life is doomed!” I almost threw the cards across the room. But then, I took a deep breath and started thinking about what I’d read about the Tower card.
It’s not always literal destruction. It can mean sudden change, upheaval, breaking down old structures to make way for something new. It’s about tearing down the things that aren’t serving you anymore, even if it’s painful.
So, I sat there, candles flickering, and thought about my own “towers.” What beliefs, patterns, or expectations about love was I holding onto that needed to be… well, blown up? I realized I had some pretty rigid ideas about what a relationship “should” look like, and I was holding onto some baggage from past hurts.
It wasn’t an instant fix. It’s not like I woke up the next day and all my love problems were solved. But pulling that Tower card, and really thinking about what it meant in my own life, forced me to confront some uncomfortable truths. It pushed me to start questioning things, to be more open to change, even if that change is scary. It is still scary, to be honest. And my dating is still a work-in-progress, but I feel more open to possibilities now.
It was a messy, emotional, and slightly dramatic experiment. Would I recommend it? Maybe. Just be prepared for some potentially shocking revelations, and remember, the Tower might just be clearing the way for something better, even if it doesn’t feel like it at first.