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The Devil

XV · Major Arcana

The Devil

bindcravingcontractshadow

A chain you are still gripping. The lock has no key — it has a hand.

Upright meaning

upright · core

Two figures stand chained to a low pedestal, but the chains are loose: they could lift them off. The Devil is the principle of self-binding — the contract you keep signing, the craving you keep feeding, the role you keep stepping back into. Looking at the chain honestly is half the freedom.

Reversed meaning

reversed · shadow

Liberation, breaking a contract, naming the addiction, walking away from what has been holding you.

Astrological correspondence

planet · sign · element
Capricorn
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In a reading

past/present/future · relationship · yes/no

Past: a bond, addiction, or contract you have lived inside. Present: notice what you are still feeding. Future: temptation, a transactional outcome, or — reversed — release. In a relationship spread: intense attraction, possessiveness, codependence. As a yes/no: yes, but at a cost.

Context

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