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 ==== Major Arcana - XVI ====
+The Tower, La Sagitta, La Maison Dieu ([[TM]])
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 === 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. used in chinese and ayurvedic medecine [[wp>Aconitum]]
+  * fox glove. toxic, induces vomiting
+  * sequoia. large, towering redwoods. [[wp>Sequoia (genus)]]
+=== colours ===
+  * beige
+  * white (lightning, explosions)
+  * lava red
+  * black
 === other ===