Tarot: The Tower

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Main Association: Sudden change, (rude) awakening, catastrophe

Quick Reference: release, downfall, revelation, profound discovery, crisis, Action, endings, disaster, shaken foundations, unwanted change, ruin, disgrace, upheaval, violence, Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, ruin

Element/Sign: Fire, water
Planet: Mars, Saturn
Zodiac: Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn
Chakra: Solar Plexus, Root
Day: Tuesday
Archangel: Cassiel, Camael, Michael
Qabalistic Correspondences: Muscular system
Color: Red
Crystal: Ruby, garnet, bloodstone, any red stone
Metal: Iron
Body: Blood, muscles, adrenal glands, gonads
Exercise: Martial arts
Stance: Kuntasana (spear pose)
Affirmation: I dust myself off and realign with Divine Will. I am unstoppable.

The Tower is a Tarot card and part of the Major Arcana suit usually comprising 22 cards. It is a card in particular of unforeseen catastrophe. The Tower is associated with sudden, disruptive revelation, and potentially destructive change. Some early painted decks, such as the Visconti-Sforza tarot, do not contain this card. The Tower is sometimes interpreted as meaning danger, crisis, sudden change, destruction, higher learning, and liberation.[6] In the Rider-Waite deck, the top of The Tower is a crown, which symbolizes materialistic thought being bought cheap.

Death and The Tower inform us that major changes are imminent which will have powerful repercussions. Although change is necessary to our growth and development, we often resist it due to fear of the unknown. The tower suggests a change in circumstances lies ahead. The Tower card indicates external changes that create upheaval in our lives. It is good to remember that such changes lead us to look at life from a new perspective.