The Devil
Associated Themes: Bondage and Desire
Corresponding Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Element: Earth Element
Keywords: Seductive, Illicit, Improper, Lustful, Transgressive, Indignant, Repressed, Restrictive, Negative, Fearful, Dark, Depressive.
[Upright Interpretation]
Illicit love, improper desires, tempted, violating social contracts, immoral, possessing special artistic talent, immersed in negativity, addicted to fear, filled with anger and resentment, hindered oneself due to fear, wrong direction, disloyal, secret affair.
[Reversed Interpretation]
Freed from illicit love, breaking free from worldly shackles, disregarding morality, evasive, self-harming, dissolution of desire, cursed, powerful desire, unfavorable environment, making blind judgments, despised.
The Reversed Devil Card may represent unlocking shackles soon, no longer being bound, escaping power dynamics. Removing the shackles also means no longer being constrained by them, not deceiving oneself, gradually seeing reality clearly. Additionally, there is another interpretation: when The Devil is reversed, people cannot see The Devil clearly; The Devil subtly controls them, pushing people further driven by impulses, unable to restrain themselves.
[Detailed Card Meaning]
"The Devil" never hides his evil power; wherever he appears, it signifies improper desires.
The pentagram on The Devil's head symbolizes evil power. He opens his mouth wide emitting deep laughter, tempting men and women across the world to cross moral boundaries. Those impure desires in people's hearts are like moving in the wrong direction. Once deviating from the right path for too long, free will becomes gradually weaker, and the heart is naturally controlled by The Devil. Eventually, one may become a Devil who cannot return to heaven, associating forever with darkness. The chains on people's bodies represent controlled humanity and unfree actions; that is the price of sinking.
A primitive biological instinct (The image of The Devil is composed of animals such as goats, bats, apes, birds, etc.). Some people belittle this card, thinking it is bad because ethically, thoughts generated by The Devil are evil, a form of degradation. However, everyone has a side of biological instinct. Humans come from nature, born from the earth, still retaining some primitive biological nature. Moreover, the more one resists the pow......
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Corresponding Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Element: Earth Element
Keywords: Seductive, Illicit, Improper, Lustful, Transgressive, Indignant, Repressed, Restrictive, Negative, Fearful, Dark, Depressive.
[Upright Interpretation]
Illicit love, improper desires, tempted, violating social contracts, immoral, possessing special artistic talent, immersed in negativity, addicted to fear, filled with anger and resentment, hindered oneself due to fear, wrong direction, disloyal, secret affair.
[Reversed Interpretation]
Freed from illicit love, breaking free from worldly shackles, disregarding morality, evasive, self-harming, dissolution of desire, cursed, powerful desire, unfavorable environment, making blind judgments, despised.
The Reversed Devil Card may represent unlocking shackles soon, no longer being bound, escaping power dynamics. Removing the shackles also means no longer being constrained by them, not deceiving oneself, gradually seeing reality clearly. Additionally, there is another interpretation: when The Devil is reversed, people cannot see The Devil clearly; The Devil subtly controls them, pushing people further driven by impulses, unable to restrain themselves.
[Detailed Card Meaning]
"The Devil" never hides his evil power; wherever he appears, it signifies improper desires.
The pentagram on The Devil's head symbolizes evil power. He opens his mouth wide emitting deep laughter, tempting men and women across the world to cross moral boundaries. Those impure desires in people's hearts are like moving in the wrong direction. Once deviating from the right path for too long, free will becomes gradually weaker, and the heart is naturally controlled by The Devil. Eventually, one may become a Devil who cannot return to heaven, associating forever with darkness. The chains on people's bodies represent controlled humanity and unfree actions; that is the price of sinking.
A primitive biological instinct (The image of The Devil is composed of animals such as goats, bats, apes, birds, etc.). Some people belittle this card, thinking it is bad because ethically, thoughts generated by The Devil are evil, a form of degradation. However, everyone has a side of biological instinct. Humans come from nature, born from the earth, still retaining some primitive biological nature. Moreover, the more one resists the pow......