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THE DEVIL
Description
The similarities
between this card and the Lovers are many. It is almost as though
from the image, this card is the lovers reversed. The devil sits
high on is throne, yet not as high as the Angel in the Lovers. A
man and woman stand by the devils feet both chained to his throne - whereas
in the lovers they were in open acceptance of divine goodness. Here
the lovers are bound to the negative in the Lovers card they were free.
The
image of the Devil in this card is a traditional biblical one. The
wings representing the Angel who fell from heaven along with the dour face
and horns, accompanying a pentacle on his forehead - it is an image of
Satan which the Christian bible tends to support.
Although
this card is often met with some fear, it is not a card which indicates
Satan literally. The image on this card is directly representing
those properties which we come to understand to be bad or negative.
Divinatory
Meaning
I interpret
this card in a reading to usually mean various representations of negative
habits or behaviour patterns. It can indicate drug abuse, alcoholism,
fear in it's absolute and physical abuse. It is a card that needs to be
considered carefully in a reading and the surrounding cards will indicate
the extent of the influence. Alone, this card can indicate simply a return
to negative thought patterns which are unproductive.
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