
XV · Major Arcana
The Devil
A chain you are still gripping. The lock has no key — it has a hand.
Upright meaning
upright · coreTwo 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 · shadowLiberation, breaking a contract, naming the addiction, walking away from what has been holding you.
Astrological correspondence
planet · sign · elementIn a reading
past/present/future · relationship · yes/noPast: 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.



