Tarot Card Number: 16
Tree Number: 27
Ruled By: Mars
Hebrew Letter: Peh
Numerical Value: 9
The Tower Tarot Card Description
A burning tower is the most important symbol of this card. The top of the tower, a golden crown, is falling of as a bolt of lightning strikes it. Two persons, a man and a woman are falling from the tower and there is despair in their faces.
Primary Meaning
The card is one of the negative cards in the Major Arcana. It symbolizes changes, conflict and over all disruption of life. Bad news and calamity are quite often following this card. As a card that signals an end of a cycle, this usually means difficulties in relation to it.
Secondary Meaning
This card being negative in nature has little to add to it. The secondary meaning quite often represent drastic or more sudden changes than the primary meaning indicates. A generally bad card and a difficult one to interpret in a positive way.
Further Reading
There are e-books or guides that offer the beginner some guidance.But no matter what is promised, you should always remember that true knowledge of the Tarot Cards comes with time.
Learning to read the Tarot Cards takes time, a lot of time and the virtue of patience is of high value during that time. Just this fact automatically filters out the ones that are not ready.