Card 15

The Devil

Brief Description

The Devil warns against becoming a slave to fears and impulses or surrendering your power to another. It urges you to channel passions into creative and artistic expression so that they take constructive form. The card invites you to work with and bring your dark sides into the light in order to set yourself free. Central themes include temptation, material attachment, obsession, creative power, and a grounded connection to the earth; reversed it can signal refusal to face the shadow, falsehood, oppression, excessive attachment, or not taking responsibility.

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Meaning

Don't be the slave to your fears and impulses, and do not let your power be in the hands of someone else. Express yourself in a creative and artistic way and let your passions take form in a constructive way. Work on your dark sides to bring them to light and set yourself free.

Keywords

Temptation, material, attachment, obsession, creation, connection to earth, passion, creative power, art, facing one's fears.

Keywords for the upside-down ghost

Refusal to face one's dark side, falsehood, oppression, excessive attachment, not taking responsibility.

Visual Description

A small, chubby ghost with little red horns floats cheerfully, holding a lollipop and carrying a pumpkin pail labeled "Trick or Treat" filled with candy. Tiny flame-like sprites hover nearby and a carved jack-o'-lantern sits among scattered sweets on the grass. Two bats fly in front of an orange moon near the top of the image.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Célia Melesville

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