Major Arcana
The Tower
sudden changeupheavalchaosrevelation
Lightning strikes a tall tower, sending flames out of its windows and two figures tumbling to the ground. Sometimes truth arrives like thunder.
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Upright Meaning
Sudden change, upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening, disaster.
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Reversed Meaning
Personal transformation, fear of change, averting disaster, resistance.
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Symbolism
The lightning bolt tears the crown from the tower — the ego's false pinnacle is struck down by sudden revelation. Flames pour from every window; two figures fall into open air. The destruction is total. So is the liberation.
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Numerology
16
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Element
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Fire · Mars
Sudden force, revolution, the purifying bolt of truth