#towercard

[dorywhynot]

"XVI (The Tower)" 8x16", Watercolor. 2025

On view now at Vakarie Gallery, for "Arcana: Painting the Fates," a Tarot themed group show

Original Artwork available for purchase

Prints

The Tower is a notoriously negative card, but the more I learn about tarot the less I believe in starkly positive or negative meanings. The Tower symbolizes challenges, difficult ones, like....the kind of challenges that leave you back at square one. But challenges in my mind mean change. Getting knocked down means you have to do something different when you try again, whether that is putting more care and effort into the techniques used before, or trying something new entirely.

Some of you know by now that I've been having an issue with my spine/sacrum for a few years now - while I'm able to carry out my days normally-ish now it has left me with chronic pain that I'm still hoping will heal. It's affected the way I work, the way I relax, the type of exercise that I can do...Pretty much everything part of a routine that I worked hard to build has had to be altered in some way. It's a journey I'm still on and frustrated by. I'm not fully convinced that the diagnosis I received is the entirety of the issue. I also think a part of it isn't a diagnosis thing at all, I'm just getting older.

The spine is the center. It connects the brain to the body, and serves as the conduit for every message between them. It's the foundation for our anatomical hardware and software.

So, is this a personal piece?....Who's to say.

Full painting process documentation of this piece is included in this month's Artist's Notebook PDF, over on patreon.

[theblackcat5679]

Made some more head way on my Tower card. This image has been giving me some issues, but it's coming along.🖤👑 #tower #towercard #tarotdesign #tarotreading #tarot #magic #prismacolor #draw #drawing #chaos #art #pencil #architecture #gelpen #mixedmedia (at Turlock, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjFipzGrSi_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[theblackcat5679]

Trying to get my cloudy atmosphere down. A few more layers and it should be good.🖤🖤🖤👑 #tower #tarotdesign #tarot #towercard #prismacolor #draw #drawing #artist #art #chaos #awakening #change #destruction #tarotreading #magic (at Turlock, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci8efm9vh3O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[isabellakassan]

torre + 8 de copas + 4 de espadas = mim deixa! A torre geralmente fala sobre grandes surpresas ou quebras de ego. É uma energia extremamente forte e repentina, mas que vem pra limpar. 8 de copas fala sobre momentos de transição e deixar o que não te pertence ou satisfaz para trás. Tudo isso com o descanso e a ponderação do 4 de espadas. O surto é bem vindo e o autocuidado também. #tarot #towercard #8ofcups #4ofswords #riderwaite #riderwaitesmith #purple #digitalpainting #illo #kassan #Isabellakassan #roxo #tarô #tarotonline https://www.instagram.com/p/CX01ojprTrG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[colourmanic]

#EzRepost @stampingbella with @ezrepostapp It's #thursdaywithsandiebella and today she teaches us how to make this #towercard using our #guineawithakey #rubberstamp . Isn't it adorbs?? #Linkinstory #stampingbella #stampingbellastamps #rubberstamps #rubberstamping #copics #copicmarkers #cards #cardmaking #getinspired #beinspired #stayinspired #stampingismagical #itreallyis https://www.instagram.com/p/CgjcyKiDuDB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[homeofthewildhag]

Yet I ask for it all the time 🙃 ⠀ + + + + + + ⠀ #tarot #tarotreadersofinstagram #towercard #tarotcards #retrograding #tarotreading #tarotreader #spirituality #crystals #witchesofinstagram #psychic #taroteverydamnday #divination #astrology #tarottribe #spiritual #cardslingersofinstagram #tarotcommunity #witchcraft https://www.instagram.com/p/CT9zmEzMr2c/?utm_medium=tumblr

[alacards]

Here’s a #palepapaya #towercard I demonstrated in my monthly team meeting last month. I love the springlike vibe! #alacards #stampinup #stamping #cardmaking #papercrafting #scrapbooking #handmadeisbetter #handmadeincanada #canadiandemonstrator #funfoldcard #newcatalogue #incolor2021_2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/COTuqnIpAh_/?igshid=5o4dzomvwfqt

[empathessentials]

Um... Via: @everything.aligns #tarot #tarotmemes #towercard #empath #empathessentials #empathlife #empathsbelike #bekind #growth #healing #emotionalhealing #loveandlight #staystrong #yougotthis #loveyou #goodvibes #soultribe #quarantine #alonetogether #empathsofinstagram #grounding #mentalhealth #emotionalcare https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRFRyznoOP/?igshid=1vh1bn845yvk1