THE TOWER

THE TOWER 

ASTROLOGICAL: ARIES
PLANET: MARS
Element: fire

16 - The Tower

Key Words: Unexpected and sudden change, difficult experience, extremes, liberation.

Upright:

  • Destruction of long-established situations and beliefs.

  • Unexpected and sudden change.

  • Extremes.

  • Violent upheaval.

  • Crisis.

  • A breakdown of relationships and environments.

  • A difficult experience that clears the way for new beginnings.

  • Liberation.

  • A flash of enlightenment.

  • A revelation of truth.

  • Shattering the veil of the conscious.

  • Starting over.

  • You choose how to respond and move through and forward.

Reversed:

  • Blocking the upright energy.

  • A milder version of the upright energy.

  • Refusing to undergo the full experience.

  • Controlling a situation too tightly.

  • Thinking too much about negative outcomes.

Symbolism:

  • Flames: 22 for the 22 major arcana cards.

  • The Tower: A stronghold or prison.

  • Crown: Materialistic thought.

  • Rocks: An unstable foundation.