Card 16

The Tower

Brief Description

The Tower represents ego, destruction, and revelations that shake the foundations of what you thought you knew. In love, it signals that major upheavals are coming that will test your relationships and reveal true intentions. These challenging times strip away illusions and force you to face reality, often through external forces beyond your control. While disruptive, this card ultimately clears the way for new beginnings by removing what was holding you back.

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Keywords

Ego, destruction, revelations

General Love Meaning

When you see The Tower, know that you need to prepare yourself. In the context of love, it means that things are going to be seriously shaken up. Your ideas about security and what you have come to know and trust are not what they seem. These challenging times will show what you and your relationships are made of. The Tower also has a way of illuminating the true intentions and values of other people.

Single and Loving It!

You are going to make some discoveries that will lead to major changes in your life. If you are stuck in a rut, The Tower can be a welcome sight. Change will come from an external force and you really can't prepare for it. This will allow you to start fresh without the things that had been holding you back.

Ready for Love / Dating

The people you have been surrounding yourself with are not good for you in the long run. You will find people canceling at the last minute and dates that are not going to work out as planned. Now is not the time to try to build a lasting long-term relationship. Focus on a different area of your life for a while and try again in about a month.

Committed Relationship

The skeletons in the closet are tired of being there and are planning a coming-out parade soon. In relationships, The Tower can manifest when you discover an affair, secret family members, abuse, and other shocking revelations that leave you questioning the people you know and love.

Struggling Relationship

The fog that has been surrounding you lately is about to clear. Warning: what emerges may not be pleasant. This sudden shift of events or news will allow you to see things and people as they really are. All illusions and lies will crumble and you will be left facing the truth.

The End

This breakup is about to get complicated (if it hasn't already). You may find yourself fighting over every little thing because someone's pride is hurt and they are trying to hurt you as much as possible. How long and how much you want to fight is up to you. It might be better to simply walk away.

Visual Description

A stone tower or house burns in the distance, flames visible through its windows as dense black smoke billows into the sky. Jagged yellow lightning forks across a pale, storm-lit sky to the right. In the foreground a man in a dark coat stands in a grassy field, looking back toward the conflagration while leafless trees edge the horizon.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Ethony, Lucy Morningstar

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