✳ Pearl Arcana Draw cards
The Tower

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

The Tower

Sudden upheaval, revelation, collapse of the false, disruption, awakening.

Keywords · Upright

  • sudden upheaval
  • revelation
  • collapse of the false
  • disruption
  • awakening

Keywords · Reversed

  • averted disaster
  • fear of change
  • delayed collapse
  • resisting the inevitable
  • internal upheaval

Averted disaster, fear of change, delayed collapse, resisting the inevitable, internal upheaval.

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How this deck reads it

The scene of lightning striking the pale tower on the rocky peak as the golden crown rolls down shows that what collapses is not the building itself but the ornament laid upon it. The contrast of light and dark between the black storm clouds and the pale tower is emphasized by the luster of the mother-of-pearl pieces, so that the darkness instead sharpens the outline of the crack.

The winged figures falling on either side and the waves breaking on the rocks below indicate that the collapse does not stay at one point but proceeds above and below at once. The depiction of scattering sparks engraves on the picture that the destruction is not a halted state but an event in progress.

Artwork

Lightning splits a three-tiered stone pagoda, its roof in flames while the golden finial falls away and two small figures tumble through the air, waves breaking below under dark clouds.

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