The Tower
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
Lightning strikes a tower; the crown topples from its top
What was built wrong clears in one stroke
The shock of sudden collapse
Only the badly built part fell — the ground remains to build on
As your card of the day
If The Tower is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “What was built wrong clears in one stroke”. When it tips toward “The shock of sudden collapse”, remember the way the picture draws: Only the badly built part fell — the ground remains to build on.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
Auspira is for entertainment and self-reflection. The cards are a mirror that shows the present from another angle; they do not predict the future and are no substitute for medical, legal, financial, or psychological advice.