Tower Tarot Card Meanings

Major Arcana Tarot

Tower Tarot Card Meanings

Upright Card Meaning

There is no way to soften the calamitous impacts of The Tower. The Tower represents upheaval, destruction, and chaos. With one throw of the dice of fate, years of hard work can be undone and thrown into misery and ruin.
If you are not already going through difficult times when this card appears in a reading, it is best to brace yourself because they are coming. You will face difficult experiences that will do their best to test your resolve and strength.
It is hard to find positive aspects of The Tower’s destructive force, but calamity can also lead to clarity. Just like the flash of lightning during a thunderstorm briefly illuminates the darkened sky, in your moment of disaster try to look for the piercing light of enlightenment, which never comes without difficulty. Perhaps that which was destroyed was not serving you after all, and you are better off starting anew.

Major Arcana Tarot

Tower Tarot Card Meanings

Reversed Card Meaning

The negative energy of The Tower is unfortunately not tempered by the card’s reversal. However, when reversed it signals bad luck of a different kind. The sudden disaster of The Tower when upright is replaced with a prolonged repression or struggle under the yoke of tyranny. Despite your suffering, you will find no enlightenment here. A repressed lifetime may not contain the acute pain experienced during the fall of The Tower, but just the same it prevents a person from realizing their true potential. Even if you are afraid that things could get worse, do not be afraid to push for change.
Alternatively, The Tower reversed could represent your own fear of disaster. This is normal as disaster is a thing to be feared. However, are you plugging up the crumbling facades of something that is best turned into rubble just because of your fear? If you are directing all your energy towards preventing a disaster that is almost inevitable, you have none left over for pursuits that would serve you more. Stop trying to block the universe’s attempt to enlighten you.