The Devil
The Devil represents compulsion, desire, and the pull of indulgent impulses; it can encourage finding a healthy outlet for passion while warning against losing oneself to vice. Upright, it suggests yielding to passions in moderation may be restorative and cautions that unchecked indulgence can become vice. Reversed, it points to self-restraint becoming stifling and joyless or to a harmless release devolving into a harmful habit. Overall, the card urges balance between discipline and pleasure, and awareness of how desires can both heal and harm depending on how they are managed.
Keywords
Upright
The Devil is the avatar of compulsion and desire. Though we are inclined to temper our indulgent impulses, it is sometimes healthy to seek an outlet for them. You might take the next opportunity to yield to your passions. It could be just what you need. However, the Devil also warns you not to lose yourself in your passions or they will become your vices.
Reverse
Your penchant for self-restraint and discipline has become stifling. Though you are dutiful and responsible, you have denied yourself joy and satisfaction in your day-to-day living. When good behavior is its own reward, it might be difficult to find motivation. It may also be that your pursuit of pleasure has taken a turn for the worse, and what began as a momentary release has developed into a bad habit.
Visual Description
A large pale nude figure with flowing red hair and bright red wings diagonally crosses a pink field. Dark chains run across the card and several smaller blue nude figures appear bound or entangled among those chains. Red roses form a border along the sides and decorative white web-like patterns with stars appear in the corners. The Roman numeral XV is centered at the top and the title 'the devil' is printed at the bottom.
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