Card 15

The Devil

Brief Description

The Devil card depicts temptation, bondage, and the seductive pull of material and earthly pleasures, often at a cost. It represents servitude to addictions, dark fantasies, and yielding to sexual or other temptations. The imagery conveys deception and trickery that bind individuals through lies and false promises. Reversed, the card signals breaking free from unhealthy dependencies, resisting temptation, and reclaiming personal power.

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Card Title

The Devil

Description

The insidious Devil makes his way along a scorched path, looking to bind humanity with lies and false promises. Comprised of multiple creatures, he is a master of deception and trickery.

Upright Meaning

Bondage. Servitude. Materialism. Earthly pleasures at a cost. Dark fantasies. Sexuality. Succumbing to temptations. Seduction. Addiction or dependency.

Reversed Meaning

Breaking free of bad habits or unhealthy addictions. Resisting temptation. Taking back your personal power.

Visual Description

A horned, red-faced devil stands center frame with bat-like yellow wings, a blue furry body, and cloven red hooves. He holds a staff in one hand and a cluster of writhing serpents in the other, while a snake tail coils from his hip. Small human faces appear at his knees and on his torso, and a larger pale human face is embedded in his belly. Flames lick the ground around his feet beneath a sky dotted with stars and a crescent moon, and the Roman numeral XV crowns the top of the card.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Patrick Valenza

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