The Tower

The Tower is the sixteenth card in the Major Arcana, numbered as card XVI. It features an apartment building with the top floor on fire. It is one of only two cards that has color, with the other being Death.

Keywords

 * upheaval
 * sudden change

Booklet Text
The Tower is about sudden, unpredictable change. Most people hate change. They fear it. Because it’s uncomfortable. People don’t like having to rearrange something or go to plan B or even make a plan B if they didn’t have one. The card features a huge apartment complex, the top floor in flames. The keywords are Upheaval and Sudden Change. So something will happen all of a sudden that will cause you to make a few changes. This is as good or as bad as you allow it to be. It may be a pain in the ass, but your mindset is what transforms challenge into an opportunity. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” - Winston Churchill. Remember that progress never happens without change. If things remain the same, they will continue to be the same. People find comfort in that. They would rather accept what they have than have to endure some discomfort for even a chance that things will be better. Take the opportunity of the change and find the way things can be better.

In Popular Culture

 * The Tower and other cards appeared in the movie Sweet Leaf, directed by Julian Grant.

Adjacent Cards

 * The Devil
 * The Star