In Jeremiah 31:38 it is foretold "that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner"-apparently the whole stretch of North wall. The company of Levites coming from the West passed "by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate" ( Nehemiah 12:39). Questioning them may allow you to start again on a healthier and more sustainable basis.Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hananel, The Tower Ofīan'-an-el (chanan'el, "El (God) is gracious" the King James Version Hananeel, ha-nan'e-el):Ī tower in the walls of Jerusalem adjoining ( Nehemiah 3:1 12:39) the tower of HAMMEAH (which see).
Your education, the people you meet and your professional environment convey the values that you have made yours. To make sure you don't miss out on your hidden potential, you sometimes need to grasp your courage and think about the meaning you want to give to your life. Although this behavior is normal, it also deprives you of many opportunities. It is therefore very easy to lock yourself into your certainties and stay rigidly on the course you once set yourself. Society imposes a very rapid pace of life on us. It will be a question of not considering the most anxiety provoking facets of this arcana, but rather of learning to take advantage of its valuable teachings. The Tower is a powerful card, and when you are faced with it you may at first feel disconcerted. Take this opportunity to turn away from what makes you unhappy, change the values that don't fit you anymore and start new projects. However, you should welcome this period of awareness with open arms as it may eventually prove extremely positive for your well-being.
You will feel vulnerable, but it is a genuine and authentic feeling worth so much more than the tower or any other luxury.Ī thorough questioning of your certainties is probably what's needed! In a perfectly natural way, at first sight you'll be afraid of the consequences of this upheaval. You get to see the world as if for the first time it is a rebirth. When you fall back to earth from the tower, it is a gift. This is because it is the heavens that destroyed the tower: the tower was destroyed specifically for the purpose of teaching you about yourself, of humbling you, of saving you from the danger that can come from being too prideful and complacent, too used to luxury. It would be wrong to take the tower’s destruction as an act of war and, once landed, to seek revenge. It is a chance for the world or the individual to revise, to start over again, to readdress what may have been glossed over in the first run. When The Tower is destroyed, whether by (wo)man or a natural force, it is scary, but it is also liberating. Nothing lasts forever - not one ruling party, not beauty, not a sunny day, and not a bad mood.
When The Tower falls, it is a bewildering experience, but it is one all individuals and civilizations experience. But now, as they launch back down toward the bottom, everything is in question. A moment before, they were up in the tower, feeling on top of everything, feeling powerful and all-knowing. As they tumble, they are terrified, thrust into the unknown. The man and woman falling from the tower are headed down, presumably to earth, but the tower is up so high that they can not even see the earth at first. Perhaps the king has reigned for a long time, but now this empire is done for. That the crown is falling shows a shift in power is taking place. The crown at the building’s top is a reference to the fact that towers are generally associated with kings and palaces. The arrow on the lightning bolt implies that the storm did not strike this tower by accident: a higher power sent the lightning to destroy the tower and all it stands for.īehind The Tower are dark storm clouds. The top of the tower is aflame, having been struck by a lightning bolt. This card depicts a frightening and disastrous atmosphere. The Rider Waite deck, however, does not show such a jubilant scene.
The Rider Waite deck illustrates a particularly dramatic scene, which shows two men tumbling down below a series of juggling balls in what looks like an acrobatic dance. What an image: The Tower, a symbol of pride and achievement, of transcendence, strength and loftiness, is being conquered.