Welcome to Tarot for Scholars, a resource that helps you weave the deep wisdom of tarot into your daily life and work. In each post, we offer reflections and prompts for exploring your own inner world and unlocking the unique creative power of your scholarship.
The Tower
About this card
Lightening strikes, and everything changes. A sudden crisis demands attention. An unstable structure collapses. A revelation shatters illusions. Blocked energy is released. A course correction; a paradigm shift. Clearing the field so that a new and more resilient structure can be built. Destruction makes way for healing and a new path.
Other interpretations
Margy’s cards, clockwise from top left: Radiant Tarot; New Chapter Tarot; Cosmic Slumber Tarot; Shining Tribe Tarot; Elemental Tarot; Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea; Spolia Tarot; Tarot of the Spirit.
Helen’s cards, clockwise from top left: Moon & Stars Tarot; Light Seer’s Tarot; Japaridze Tarot; Canes Arcanae; Star Spinner Tarot; Muse Tarot; Tarot of Mystical Moments; Forest of Enchantment Tarot.
Questions and prompts
What is your first impression of, or response to, the Tower card? Which of the reframes from the video resonate with you? Can you apply them to any recent or current challenges in your work?
Deep within a project, have you ever felt like you were in a prison of your own making (or do you feel that way now)? How did the situation resolve? Or, how might you work toward resolution?
What is a potential disaster you might be able to prevent or alleviate through advance planning? What steps can you take to build more resilience into your life and work?
Thanks for joining us for Tarot for Scholars! Your hearts, restacks, and comments brighten our day. 💫
Yours in scholarship,
HELEN SWORD is a scholar, poet, award-winning teacher, and founder of the WriteSPACE, an international writing community with members in 30+ countries. Her research-based books, articles, and online tools empower scholarly writers to write more clearly, confidently, prolifically, and with greater pleasure.
Visit Helen’s website here.
MARGY THOMAS is the creator of ScholarShape, a body of work dedicated to elucidating the patterns of Story-Argument across genres, disciplines, and life itself. Through services and DIY resources, Margy helps scholars use Story-Argument patterns to design their work — and to find its deeper meaning and higher purpose.
Visit Margy’s website here.
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