The Tower

Major Arcana Major Arcana

Correspondences

Hebrew Letter: Peh
Path: 27 (Netzach-Hod)
Planet: Mars
Thoth Title: The Tower

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Release, to a lesser degree

Upright

Keywords: Downfall of tyranny. Release. End of bondage | Waite: Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, ruin. It is a card in particular of unforeseen catastrophe.

Downfall of tyranny. Release. End of bondage. Reversed: Release, to a lesser degree.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: Mars; far-reaching inner transformation; healing; the old is destroyed to make room for the new; spiritual renewal; self-knowledge

You are in the midst of (or are about to enter into) an extremely intensive transformatory process. Whatever is destroyed or shaken within you serves to purify you and make room for for something new. Allow it!