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Major Arcana - XVI
The Tower, La Sagitta, La Maison Dieu (TM)
symbolism
- La Sagitta (the arrow), the flame, god's finger, La Maison Dieu (god's house)
- tower, lightning, 2 reversed figures falling to earth
- MT → 2 types
- earlier versions show a tree, shepherd and flock of sheep. tree is struck by lightning.
- later versions include tower being struck by lightning
- sudden, unpredictable
- chaotic, ruinous forces
- tower of babel, wrath of god, decent into misunderstanding
- complete, radical, disruptive change
- escaping from prison, escape through catastrophe
- fire
plant connections
- wolf's bane. extremely toxic, burning, constrictive sensation proceeds death. Aconitum
other
note: work in progress for PARN. not general reference