No. 17 of 22 · Tarot
The Tower
Pictures by Pamela Colman Smith
Lightning strikes a tower on a rocky peak in The Tower, card XVI of the Major Arcana, drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for her 1909 tarot deck. The card stands for sudden change, revelation and release, the kind of shock that clears the way so something truer can take its place. For someone going through a big change.
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Inside, it says
Major Arcana · XVI THE TOWER Sudden change, revelation and release
On the back
Major Arcana · XVI / The Tower / Sudden change, revelation and release / Lightning strikes a tower on a rocky peak, throwing off its crown in a shower of flames. It is the shock that clears the way: what falls makes room for something truer.
