The Tower tarot card meaning

  • Major Arcana
  • demolition
  • upheaval
  • deconstruction
  • disaster
  • destruction
The Tower tarot card

What was built wrong, coming down fast.

The Tower upright

  • Breaking out of old, confining habits and mindsets
  • Clearing the way for new growth
  • Dispelling the influence of an inflated ego
  • Getting back to basics
  • Stripping away harmful illusions
  • Receiving sudden insight

The Tower reversed

  • Clinging to traditions that repress growth
  • Engaging in willful blindness
  • Rejecting evidence that change is needed
  • Ignoring guidance from a higher power
  • Maliciously engaging in destructive behavior

The Tower as a prediction

  • Impending disaster
  • Cancel plans and reverse decisions
  • Someone wants to take you down a notch or two
  • Don't hold back; say what you really mean