THE DEVIL

THE DEVIL 

ASTROLOGICAL: capricorn
PLANET: saturn
Element: earth

15 - The Devil

Key Words: Addictive, avoidant, self-destructive, desires, excess.

Upright:

  • Addictive, avoidant, and self-destructive patterns and behaviors.

  • A slave to your desires. Lack of self-control.

  • Temptation.

  • Being controlled by ego.

  • Feeling trapped, stuck in a cycle you can’t break free from.

  • Excess and obsession.

  • Unhealthy dynamics.

  • Viewing unhappy conditions as normal.

  • Fighting against change.

  • Oppression.

Reversed:

  • Blocking the upright energy.

  • No longer accepting your situation.

  • Attempting to break free.

  • Before you can slip off the chains, you must become conscious of them.

Symbolism:

  • Chains: They’re loose, they don’t really hold them down.

  • One hand up, one hand down: As above, so below (like The Magician).

  • Devil’s Palm: Glyph represents Saturn.

  • Inverted Pentagram: Black magic, letting your desires overpower judgement.

  • Black: Inability to see the truth, negativity.

  • Devil’s hand symbol: An illusory blessing.

  • Calm faces of the humans: Acceptance of their situation.