The Devil
The Devil takes a pleasing form to deceive the vulnerable and lead them into temptation, seducing the weak to pursue temporary goals of wealth, lust, and dominance. This card warns against immediate pleasures that separate us from higher spiritual purposes, revealing how beauty can mask cruelty and manipulation. It calls for careful examination of what tempts us and liberation from dependency, manipulation, and emotional slavery. The guidance is to follow only those passions that lead toward the light.
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Meaning
The Devil takes a pleasing form to deceive the vulnerable and lead them into temptation. She seduces the weak to follow temporary goals of wealth, lust, dominance, and her sweet-tongued words convince her victims that higher goals are foolish. Why strive for good and peace in a world that rewards neither? Immediate pleasures are all that matter. Beauty beckons and mesmerizes, but look closer: she wears crimson horns that are ruthless and strike, a fallen fan of empty pride, wings of incomplete darkest devotion. Carefully consider what tempts you. Free yourself from dependency, manipulation, and emotional slavery. Follow only those passions that lead to the light.
Keywords
enchantment, darkness, addiction, cynicism, separation from spirit, confronting one's shadows
Visual Description
A tall, horned, and winged figure stands center stage against a fiery red-orange background, wearing an ornate headdress that fans out like a peacock tail. The figure holds a small naked man on one palm and a small naked woman on the other, each posed as if perched; flowing robes and long decorative chains hang from the central figure. Bat-like wings frame the scene and curling tails sweep around the base, while stylized flames lick the sides of the composition. The Roman numeral XV appears at the top and bottom within decorative cartouches.
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