- It represents being seduced by the material world and physical pleasures. Also living in fear, domination and bondage, being caged by an overabundance of luxury, discretion should be used in personal and business matters.
UPRIGHT
- Shadow Self, Attachment, Addiction, Restriction, Sexuality
- Temptation, Unhealthy relationships, Enslavement, Materialism, Bondage, Fear, Feeling trapped
- depression or addiction
- The Devil card represents your shadow (or darker) side and the negative forces that constrain you and hold you back from being the best version of yourself. You may be at the effect of negative habits, dependencies, behaviours, thought patterns, relationships, and addictions.
- Freedom from restraints, Breaking from addictions, Divorce
- Releasing limiting beliefs, exploring dark thoughts, detachment
- The reversed Devil card can often appear when you are on the verge of a break-through or an up-levelling. You are being called to your highest potential, but first, you must let go of any unhealthy attachments or limiting beliefs that may hold you back.
- The Devil card shows Baphomet, or the Horned Goat of Mendes, a creature that is half man, half goat. Baphomet originally represented the balance between good and evil, male and female, and human and animal; however, more recently, this figure has been linked to the occult and has become a scapegoat for all things considered ‘evil’.
- The Devil card depicts the devil as the ancient goat-god Dionysius, shown sitting in his throne while watching over a male and female captive.
*** The upright tarot card is more related to what I would like to talk about, the dark side of a personality. Therefore, for further research, only the upright devil card would be look into. ***
References
https://www.thetarotguide.com/the-devil
https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/devil/
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