La Torre (The Tower)
from Cani Tarot
by Osvaldo Menegazzi
December 13, 2021: La Torre (The Tower): a little something for the doglovers from Osvaldo Menegazzi's Cani Tarot!
Cani (Italian for dogs) is a 22-card deck (Major Arcana only) featuring a variety of breeds for its central figures. Finely rendered in black print on heavy, un-laminated, cream-colored card stock, it was a precious collector's item. I have never used Cani Tarot for readings. But since I have featured cats (and other animals) in previous Cards of the Day, it's time to give these dogs their turn on the stage.
So, here is the oh-so-startling La Torre! What's it going to be? Breakdown? Breakthrough? Or some combination of the two?
More importantly, someone please rescue that poor beagle!
It's time to get Doggie outta there, whatever it takes. What it takes might be quite drastic. Nevertheless, survival will require fast action.
For compare-and-contrast, here's the Universal Waite's Card XVI with its well-known Pamela Colman Smith image:
Unlike this classic Tower card--done deal, babe; this is out of your hands--La Torre, as I see it, issues a fair warning and introduces the hint of time and the possibility of rescue, snatching something valuable from impending disaster. A reversed Pamela Colman Smith Tower would do the same, now that I think of it.
La Torre gives you some time to save the pooch, though not a lot of time, and it's going to require quick thinking and, possibly, some heroics on your part. I so hope you are a fan of action movies!
So now, who or what is it you need to grab and rescue?
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