Tower

Meaning

The structure that stands above the individual: an institution, a company, the law, a government office. The Tower also stands alone, so it can mean isolation, standing apart, or a long view. It is formal and enduring.

As a person

An official, someone aloof, or a person on their own.

In combinations

First in a pair, the Tower names an institution, an authority or a time apart. Second, it describes the card before it: something that is official, formal or isolated.

• Tower + Letter: Official paperwork: a letter from an institution, a legal document.
• Tower + Mountain: Bureaucratic delay; an institution in the way.

As a house in the Grand Tableau

Position 19 is the house of the Tower. Institutions: authority, law and solitude.