The Devil
The Devil represents mental agony rooted in obsession and emotional entanglement, urging release from unhealthy dependence on others. It warns that a mindless pursuit of power and pleasure leads one down a dark path. Liberation comes by facing the unknown, which can bring you back to the light. In the upright position it signals greed, obsession, sexual excess, and overindulgence, while reversed it suggests increasing obsession, addiction, and negative thinking.
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Meaning
The Devil card holds the key to the agony in your mind, which is caused by obsession. You cannot feel free until you release yourself from your emotional entanglements and your dependence upon others. Your mindless pursuit of power and pleasure is leading you down a dark path. Facing the unknown brings you back to the light.
Upright
Greedy, obsessed, sexual excess, unable to tell love from obsession, overindulgence.
Reversed
Increasingly obsessed, consumed by greed, addiction, extreme acts, negative thinking.
Visual Description
A horned, winged figure with red curly hair wears a yellow straitjacket-like garment and holds heavy chains. Two smaller nude figures, a man and a woman, are shackled by chains that connect to the larger figure and to each other; they stand facing one another and hold hands. The background is dark and the ground beneath the chained pair is a pale white, casting their shadows. The scene is framed like a tarot card with the title and number printed at the bottom.
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