the ancient wisdom of the cards.
Grand Etteilla Cartomancy Tarot Deck
Created by the famous seer Etteilla, this deck features the tarot card meanings right on the card, which was a new innovation at the time.
Jean Baptiste Alliette. France, 1788.
Poverty
Prison
The Tower struck by Lightning. Its alternative titles are: Castle of Plutus, God's House and the Tower of Babel. In the last case, the figures falling therefrom are held to be Nimrod and his minister. It is assuredly a card of confusion, and the design corresponds, broadly speaking, to any of the designations except Maison Dieu, unless we are to understand that the House of God has been abandoned and the veil of the temple rent. It is a little surprising that the device has not so far been allocated to the destruction Of Solomon's Temple, when the lightning would symbolize the fire and sword with which that edifice was visited by the King of the Chaldees.
Ruin, Disruption, Over-throw, Loss, Bankruptcy
These in a more or less partial degree.
Ruin. Deception.