Tarot · Major Arcana · XVI

The Tower — tarot card XVI

The Tower is struck by lightning and its crown falls away. The Golden Dawn links it with Mars: a sudden shake-up of something built on a weak base. Readers take it as a prompt to check which belief or plan no longer holds, and what you would rebuild differently.

Upright: keywords

sudden change
upheaval
revelation
breakdown
awakening
release of tension

Reversed: keywords

avoided collapse
fear of change
delayed upheaval
inner shake-up
clinging to the old

Symbolism

Golden Dawn: planet — Mars; Hebrew letter — Pe.

A symbolic reading for reflection, based on the tarot tradition (classic 1909 deck). Not a prediction or professional advice. Draft text, review pending.