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The Tower
Major Arcana · 16
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- Upheaval
- Revelation
- Breakdown
- Collapse
- General
- What was built on falsehood collapses at once. The shock is brutal, but it sets the truth free.
- Love & relationships
- A sudden breakup, a revelation that changes everything. The couple's illusions shatter.
- Career & money
- A layoff, a bankruptcy, a project collapsing. An unexpected financial loss.
- Advice
- Don't rebuild the same thing. What falls wasn't solid; build on something real.
Reversed
- Averted crisis
- Fear of change
- Delayed fall
- Resistance
- General
- Disaster narrowly avoided, or merely postponed. Propping up what should fall.
- Love & relationships
- A crisis one refuses to face, or an avoided separation that leaves unease.
- Career & money
- A structural problem ignored, a loss contained but not resolved. The reprieve won't last.
- Advice
- Better to tear it down yourself than wait for it to collapse. Face what no longer holds.
What you see on the card
- A tower struck by lightning
- A crown blasted off its top
- Two figures falling into the void
- Flames at the windows
- A black sky with drops of fire
How the card works
Planet: Mars
In the Tarot de Marseille
Name: La Maison Dieu (The House of God)