XVI. The TowerRider-Waite-Smith (RWS) Tarot Meaning

The Tower card from the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) tarot deck

Number: XVI · Arcana: Major Arcana

Sudden Shift
Revelation
Awakening
Breakthrough
Truth

Upright meaning

Misery, ruin, and sudden calamity — adversity and disgrace arriving with real force.

Reversed meaning

The same distress in a milder form, or oppression, imprisonment, and tyranny closing in.

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