The Tower (Reversed): When the World Breaks Your Heart — and What Healing Actually Looks Like

Some weeks don’t feel symbolic.They feel raw.

This week has been one of those.

I’ve cried more than once.

Not dramatic sobbing—just tears slipping out when I wasn’t expecting them.

I’ve stared at my phone too long.

I’ve read comment sections I knew better than to read.

I’ve gotten pulled into Facebook arguments that changed absolutely nothing except my blood pressure.

You know the kind.The ones where nobody is listening.Everyone is defending.And grief turns into performance instead of care.

That’s when I knew exactly what this week’s card had to be.

THE TOWER — REVERSED

Most people are afraid of The Tower. They think it means disaster, destruction, the end of everything.

But The Tower reversed is different.

This isn’t sudden chaos falling from the sky.This is what happens when something has been wrong for a long time—and a single moment finally cracks it open.

It’s not just what happened.It’s everything it stirred up.

The anger.

The helplessness.

The old wounds that didn’t need much encouragement to reopen.

The Tower reversed shows up when the structure is already unstable and the truth can’t be shoved back down.

It’s collective grief.

Collective rage.

Collective exhaustion.

And here’s the part people don’t like to hear:

This card does not rush healing.

This card does not offer a neat bow or a silver lining.

This card says: you have to feel this without letting it turn you into stone.

WHEN GRIEF TURNS SIDEWAYS

I’ll be honest with you.

I watched myself slide into that familiar loop:– scrolling– arguing– explaining– trying to “make people understand”

And then realizing… they didn’t want to understand.

That’s Tower energy turned inward.

Not destruction—but burnout.

The Tower reversed teaches us something uncomfortable:Not every fight is ours to fight

Not every comment deserves our energy.

Not every injustice can be processed in real time on social media.

Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is step back and say:“I am grieving. And I need to tend to that.”

WHAT HEALING LOOKS LIKE (ACCORDING TO TAROT)

Healing under The Tower reversed is not loud.

It doesn’t look like “staying positive.”

It doesn’t look like pretending everything is fine.

It doesn’t look like winning an argument online.

It looks like:

– telling the truth about how you feel

– letting yourself cry without apologizing

– choosing rest over reactivity

– staying awake without staying inflamed

This card asks a very specific question:

How do we stay human in the middle of something inhuman?

And the answer is slower than we want—but steadier than rage.

ACTION STEPS FOR THIS WEEK

If this week has been sitting heavy in your chest, here are some Tower-reversed-approved ways to work with the energy instead of fighting it:

1. Name what you’re actually feeling.Not what you should feel. Not what fits a narrative.Just the truth: anger, sadness, fear, confusion, exhaustion.

2. Step out of one pointless argument.Just one.You don’t owe everyone your energy or your education.

3. Do one grounding thing with your body.Walk. Stretch. Breathe. Put your feet on the floor and remind yourself you are here, now, safe in this moment.

4. Let grief soften into intention.Ask yourself: What kind of world do I want to help build after this? Even if the answer is small. Especially if it’s small.

5. Be gentler than you think you need to be.This isn’t weakness.This is how we keep our hearts from hardening.

The Tower reversed doesn’t promise that everything will be okay.

It promises something quieter—and maybe more important:

That truth matters.

That healing is possible.

And that love can outlast violence if we protect it.

If you’re feeling this week deeply, you’re not broken.You’re awake.

And I’m holding space for you.

Know that I love you.I really, really do love you.