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The Tower
Major Arcana · Card 16
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Traditional meaning
A tall tower is struck by lightning, its crown knocked loose, as flames rise and two figures fall toward the sea below. The Tower signifies sudden upheaval that breaks false structures and reveals what was built on unstable ground.
Reflection
The Tower can reflect a shock that is dismantling what was never sound. What truth, however abrupt, might this clearing make room for?
Relationships
Can suggest that a sudden rupture, painful as it feels, is exposing what was already unstable.
Career
May reflect an abrupt change of plans and the chance to rebuild on sturdier ground.
Growth
Often asks what you are learning about the difference between what truly stands and what has merely not fallen yet.
Illustration: Pamela Colman Smith (1909), public domain.