Major Arcana 16 · Pe פ · Mars
The Tower
Sudden upheaval and revelation. When the tower falls, build on rock.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Honest
- Revolutionary
- Brave
- Awakened
- Strong
Bad traits
- Destructive
- Chaotic
- Explosive
- Shaken
What The Tower means
- Love
- Love arrives or ends like lightning; the truth clears the way.
- Work
- Breakthroughs, reform, emergencies, building again after a fall.
- Money
- Sudden losses and sudden gains; never build on borrowed ground.
- Health
- Accidents, inflammation and stress; the body warns you with sudden signals.
- Spirit
- Revelation: false structures fall so that the truth can stand.
- Advice
- When the tower falls, build on rock.
Reversed
Avoiding a collapse that is needed, or making chaos to escape boredom.
Shadow work: Anger can explode and destroy what you love. Let the truth out early and calmly.
Yes or no
No
As a yes or no card, the Tower answers no.
Ask yourself
What in my life is built on a lie?
Affirmation: “When things fall, I rebuild on rock.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 16
- Hebrew letter
- Pe פ
- Astrology
- Mars
- Constellation
- Drive and breakthrough. The Chariot and the Tower: victory by will, and the shocks that clear the road.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Breakthrough, Liberation, Building anew, Humility; in the minus: Destruction, Pride, Chaos, Collapse
The Tower as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Famous people with The Tower as their soul card
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
- 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
- 13. DeathTransformation and endings
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
- 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does The Tower mean?
Sudden upheaval and revelation. When the tower falls, build on rock.
What does The Tower mean reversed?
Avoiding a collapse that is needed, or making chaos to escape boredom.
Is The Tower a yes or no card?
No.
What does The Tower mean in love?
Love arrives or ends like lightning; the truth clears the way.
What does The Tower mean for money and work?
Sudden losses and sudden gains; never build on borrowed ground. Breakthroughs, reform, emergencies, building again after a fall.