The Tower

The Tower is trump XVI: lightning strikes a tower, its crown blows off, and two figures fall. It is sudden upheaval, the collapse of false structures, and the revelation that comes with it. The Golden Dawn gives it to Mars.

Uses

• Breaking through stagnation
• Facing a hard truth
• Clearing away what is false
• Courage in a crisis

Trump

XVI

Attribution

Mars ♂︎

Hebrew letter

Peh פ (mouth)

Path

27th, Netzach to Hod

Upright

Sudden upheaval, revelation, breakdown of false structures

Reversed

Avoiding disaster, fear of change, delaying the inevitable

Key symbols

The lightning bolt, the falling crown, the two falling figures, the twenty-two flames

Working with it

Build a small tower of blocks, stones, or cards beside the Tower card on a Tuesday. Name the false belief or stuck situation it stands for, then knock it down. Write one true thing you can build in its place.