Der Turm (The Tower)
16.75" x 11.25"
Water Colors, Inks on Engraving 100% Cotton Paper
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DER TURM
RUIN • REVELATION • LIBERATION
A stone tower stands engulfed in flame, its walls cracking as fire licks skyward. Once a monument of order and pride, it is now consumed by chaos. The blaze does not discriminate, it devours foundation and pinnacle alike, reducing certainty to ash. Yet within the destruction lies a hidden grace: the breaking open of illusions, the collapse of what was never meant to endure.
This card arrives as a force of sudden upheaval, tearing apart structures that seemed immovable. It does not come gently, but with fire that insists on truth. What has been built on false ground cannot last, and what you cling to most tightly may be stripped away. In this dismantling, however, is liberation, the chance to see beyond walls of your own making and to breathe in open air.
When Der Turm appears, surrender to the fall. Do not resist the fire, for resistance only deepens suffering. What collapses clears the way for what is real, what is lasting. From ruin rises clarity, and from the ashes, freedom.
Reversed: Fear of change, clinging to crumbling foundations, or denial of truth. Beware of ignoring warning signs. Release control and let the collapse reveal your hidden strength.