The Tower
The Tower represents sudden, primal destruction and the collapse of illusions through fiery, chaotic change. It evokes shock, powerlessness, and irrevocable loss as structures once thought secure are reduced to ashes. This card signals that severe, unavoidable change has arrived, forcing a choice to rebuild or to seek a new fate elsewhere. In reversal it can indicate deception, resistance to change, obstacles, or a slow recovery and the consequences of past mistakes.
Keywords
Card Title
The Tower
Keyword
CONFLAGRATION
Description
The flame of fire illuminates the sky. Redder than a poppy flower is the light of a burning tower. The screams of people, the crackling of the collapsing tower walls, the cawing of crows, all merge into one general rumble. The element of fire rages and devours everything in its path—this is the primal destructive power of chaos. Where there had been a high tower, tomorrow there will just be a heap of ashes. The man is pitiful before the forces of nature. How insignificant he is before the inexorable fate that destroys what seemed unshakable. Powerless horror and panic are felt from this card. Nothing can be turned back; everything has already happened. All that remains are the ashes. Should you build a new tower here or seek a new fate in another place? Whatever you decide, you know that the time has come for severe changes.
Upright
Complete destruction, catastrophe, destruction of illusions, dramatic changes, shock, chaos, fatal errors, theft, separation, dismissal, family quarrels, divorce, dangerous conditions
Reverse
Deception, oppression, recovery, resistance to change, obstacles, consequences of mistakes, absence of empathy, age crisis, frustrations
Visual Description
A tall stone tower with a pointed spire dominates the scene, its windows and roof emitting tongues of yellow-orange flame and swirling smoke. The sky behind the tower is a fiery red and orange wash, and a group of black birds or crows wheel and fly across the upper field. Dark blue foliage and shadowed bushes fill the foreground; near the tower's base two small dark human silhouettes can be seen. The overall impression is of a sudden, dramatic fire consuming a once-solid structure.
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