February 1940
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for February 1940 is The Tower. It’s the same for everyone alive this month, set by the date alone, and it sits in the reckoning third of the wheel.
The Tower is the part of life that collapses what was never going to hold. It is sudden change, revelation, the crash that clears the ground. It destroys what was false so something true can stand where it stood.
How February 1940 becomes The Tower
The collective year card for 1940 is Temperance (14). Add the month number (February is month 2): 14 + 2 = 16. Card 16 is The Tower.