The image on the Tower is quite different from other depictions of the Tower in that she doesn’t look at all disturbed to be thrown from great heights. In fact it looks more like she’s about to execute a perfect swan dive off the structure itself.
Given her white complexion, I want to say our dear leading lady is already dead. What fear should she have then at plunging to the ground if she cannot die. In other words, she has immortality on her side if the bite from her lover in the Lovers cards manifested into death to receive everlasting life on the ‘dark’ side.
Her and her beau look like they were just about to get married when lightening struck and cast them from the Tower. She wears no veil and in one reference I’ve noticed the mention of this card coming below the High Priestess in the sequence, illustrating the veil of illusion being stripped from us by the ‘grace of God’. Any substance to this idea seen in this card? The clothing worn by the man shows both red and blue; the same reference mentioned these colors in relation to the Magician and the High Priestess, but are usually worn (in other cards) by two separate characters. Here they are combined into one person, though our Magician and High Priestess do not wear these colors. Do you think this color selection is then merely coincidental? The reference, by the way, is 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack.
The crown falling away from the man is an interesting insight. I originally thought it was a ring too, but looking now I think it is his crown. Often times the crown is seen on the tower and is cast off from the bolt of lightening. Here it falls away from the man, a personal revelation? enlightenment on a profound level? The energy of *truth* striking with full force and literally blowing the crown off this poor guys head?
If we have considered the Chakras within the other cards, could this card then be representing the Crown Chakra - where we question the meaning of life, receive inspiration, a sudden moment of understanding? Flashes of insight or feelings of intuition could then be associated with this card and the 7th chakra. This chakra is also called the "thousand-petaled" chakra in reference to the lotus flower - which we saw in the High Priestess, no? I think it was also mentioned in the HP thread that the lotus flower must root itself in the dark and mud of a swamp (dark physical world) in order to blossom on the surface (light spiritual world). If the series of cards through the Majors as per the LWB show her going into the darkness to find her truth or understanding of her dark side, perhaps this is the turning point where she can make the first step to go back to the light?
I like your interpretation RunningWild, it would make a lot of sense here.