The Devil
The Devil depicts a chained man and woman beneath a horned, goatish figure, symbolizing bondage to base desires and external control. It warns of addictions, strong desires, temptations, fear, and the tendency to give your power away, while also invoking the trickster energy. Upright, the card points to being overtaken by impulses and the need to reclaim authority; reversed, it suggests avoidance, abandoning addictions, and removing peer pressure. Astrological correspondences to Capricorn and Saturn and the Hebrew letter Ayin emphasize structure, restriction, and confronting the void.
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Description
A man and a woman appear chained to a ring on a pedestal. A tight circle appears around each of their necks. They wear cloths wrapped around the lower halves of their body. The man has his tied in a knot. The woman holds hers close to her waist. She has red hair and rests one arm on her head. He has both his hands free. Horns sprout from their heads. The Devil perches on the pedestal above them. His face appears as a goatish skull, and he has the body of a man. His legs are hairy and end in the hoofs of a goat. He holds his hands in a mock illusion of The Magician card. Reminding the two figures who is in control here. The hand which points up has the symbol for Saturn carved into it. The hand pointing down holds a flaming torch. An inverted pentagram hovers between The Devil's horns and wings.
Keyword
Excess
Hebrew letter
Ayin, meaning none/void
Correspondences
Capricorn, Saturn
Upright
strong desires; addictions; temptations; fear and confusion; stop giving your power away; embrace the trickster.
Reversed
avoidance; abandon addictions; remove peer pressure; abandon temptations.
Visual Description
A horned, goat-headed figure with bat-like wings squats on a raised stone pedestal beneath an illuminated pentagram marked XV. Two nearly naked human figures, a woman on the left and a man on the right, stand chained to the base of the plinth, small horns visible on their foreheads and heavy chains running between them. Flames lick a torch held by the man and a small brazier near the base casts flickering light across the scene. The atmosphere is dark and oppressive, with textured stone and shadowed arches framing the tableau.
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