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The House of God, Tarot de Marseille
Major arcana

The House of God

The House of God stands for the breaking of a structure that has become too taut. It reveals what can no longer be held in the same form.

Tarot de Marseille Fire/Mars See in Rider-Waite-Smith →

What the card shows

Lightning knocks over the crown of the tower, and two figures fall head first among the flames. The building splits from the top down to its base and opens onto the sky.

Its light

An upheaval makes visible what the facade was hiding. What falls frees a space that upkeep kept closed, and that empty place is worth more.

Its shadow

Rupture goes wrong when it is brought on without measure, out of impatience or a taste for noise. You then break more than you need to.

Keywords

rupturerevelationreleasestructurereorganisation

Notes on the symbolism

Symbolism TdM. The House of God. The title of this sixteenth card takes up an old French expression, maison-Dieu, which meant the hospital or the hospice.

What this card invites you to do

Look at what is cracking without painting over it. Sort what supports from what decorates, then decide what gets rebuilt differently.

A card does not decide for you.
It shows you where to look.

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