Major Arcana · No. 16
The Tower
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Card Overview
The Tower is struck by lightning and crumbles. This is a card of upheaval — structures built on illusion are collapsing. Violent as it is, it clears unstable ground so truth can be rebuilt. Embrace the shake.
✦ Upright Meaning
Sudden change · upheaval · revelation
The Tower is struck by lightning and crumbles. This is a card of upheaval — structures built on illusion are collapsing. Violent as it is, it clears unstable ground so truth can be rebuilt. Embrace the shake.
◐ Reversed Meaning
Averting disaster · fear · delay
Reversed Tower suggests you are delaying inevitable change, or fear has frozen you. Rather than wait for a forced collapse, proactively dismantle what is unstable and keep your agency.