I think tower moments are usually pretty rough but what that means can be relative. A billionaire losing their fortune and only being reduced to 3 homes might be a tower moment for them… while on the outside they still look like they’re in a far better position than most people.
I had the Tower show up repeatedly, too. Kept getting readings about big changes coming. About six weeks ago, a wildfire tore through our area, and I lost my home. The Tower was spot on, just not how I expected.
The card represents a sudden change that tears down existing structures.
For me, it was literally my house burning down, but the card operates on different levels. The physical loss happened instantly, but processing it takes time. You rebuild, you rely on people around you, you figure out what you can live without. Through this, I’ve seen that the Tower clears away things that were limiting us.
The Tower is about sudden shifts where the foundation cracks and forces change - sometimes dramatic, sometimes quieter. The anxiety you’re feeling might be from resisting what needs to change. If the card keeps showing up, maybe there’s something you’re meant to pay attention to instead of pushing against it.
There’s a discussion here about questions that can help work through Tower moments:
The right questions can help you figure out what specifically needs to fall away in your situation.
I’ve been getting the Tower constantly for months. It’s in almost every personal reading I do, plus shows up in the general readings I watch.
Kind of funny seeing your title.
I had a weird Tower experience with grad school. I’d basically given up on getting in and only applied to stop wondering ‘what if.’ Then I got accepted. Wasn’t expecting it at all. I’ve had a bunch of Tower moments over the years. Some were rough, some weren’t. The grad school one changed a lot of things for me.
When I see the Tower now, I still get that nervous feeling. But I’ve gotten used to it showing up. These cards have a way of popping up when things are about to shift.
There’s this thing from mindfulness traditions about how meditation with uncertainty builds resilience pathways in the brain.
I kept pulling the Tower card over and over and it was driving me crazy. Eventually, I started meditating more when I got those pulls. Tried to tune into what I was feeling instead of just panicking about what might happen.
Still didn’t stop the upheavals from happening though. I don’t know if it helped or if I just got used to chaos. But staying spiritually grounded seemed to make things slightly less awful when stuff did fall apart.