The Tower

Major Arcana, 16 — from The 1909 London Deck.

Upright

sudden change, collapse, the truth arriving

Something built on a shaky footing comes down, and quickly. The Tower is not punishment; it is what happens when a structure could not have held. Unpleasant at the time, and clarifying afterwards.

In a yes or no reading, The Tower upright answers no.

Reversed

a near miss, delayed collapse, fear of change

Either the worst of it has been avoided, or it is being postponed rather than prevented. If something is genuinely unsound, taking it apart deliberately hurts less than waiting for it to fall.

In a yes or no reading, The Tower reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.

What this card does in a reading here

A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. The Tower can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.

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