The Tower Card Tarot Card: Going with the Flow
What does the Tower tarot card mean? Among the many things the it means, it’s also a warning to go with the flow. A simple reality is, you can’t always create your own flow. You may imagine how you wish things to be, but they may or may not happen this way. You can’t force others to go along with things that you would like, and trying to get them to can easily lead to frustration and dis-ease. Sometimes all you can do is go along with the flow that already is and accept it and integrate it. When you are in the flow, you are not building towers. Towers happen when you go against the flow.
Towers crash when the surge of the flow crashes against it and wears it down. A structure that is not against the flow will find that the surge contours around it safely. Getting into the flow means acceptance. It means appreciating the flow as it is for what it is.
There are many flows. There is a universal flow. There is a societal flow. There are personal flows. While it is possible to have some control over your personal flows, altering the universal flow is not possible, as they operate on principles that are absolute. Societal flows however, can be altered by personal flows. This can happen through protests, elections, any means by which ones voice is heard when the flow of society appears to becoming dangerous. In this case, the will of the people creates a flow that demolishes Towers that pose a threat.
When considering a life circumstance or a stance you are taking, considering where it fits into the various flows of life. Are you building a Tower that will crash against the flow? Are you creating a flow that will crash against another tower? Are you doing yourself any good by being inflexible? Are you doing society good by being forceful? — Jim Larsen