CARDS OF THE DAY: January 4, 2022

 

The Tower

from The Gill Tarot

by Elizabeth Josephine Gill

below: Princess (Page) of Swords and Prince (Knight) of Cups

 

 

January 4, 2022: We've seen The Tower before. Remember trying to save the puppy? But today's story, courtesy of Elizabeth Josephine Gill's Gill Tarot, offers a more traditional, Rider-Waite-based depiction of the card of sudden breakdowns and dramatic breakthroughs.

Originally, I shuffled the Gill and drew two cards--The Tower and Princess (Page) of Swords for us today. But I also happened to spy one of my favorite artworks from this deck, the moony Prince (Knight) of Cups, a child of nature. Don't miss the earthen goblet which, it would appear, he has freshly shaped from the clay and water before him.

I sensed the Prince wanted to come along into the story, and his longing was underscored when I took a closer look at the The Tower and realized that both our red-headed Princess and our crowned Prince were likely the same as The Tower's two figures depicted in mid-fall.

See what I mean?

As I've laid the cards out here, both figures fall (no pun) to the right of The Tower and so suggest that their fall has not been fatal. They have landed intact, surviving a period of upheaval that was out of their control. 

The Princess can refocus now on her studies, her expressiveness, and all matters of learning and the mind. Her growth continues. The Prince can find a safe space in which to open his highly-attuned senses to the environment and creatively shape what he wants to see in the world out of his love of the world.

The Tower can be something that needs to be struck by lightning, and it's destruction (or its profound change) is a beneficial outcome.