Description
Overall Concept:
The Devil represents bondage, temptation, and illusions of entrapment. It reflects being caught in unhealthy patterns, materialism, or destructive attachments.
Modern Interpretation:
This card challenges you to confront what holds you back—whether it’s addiction, fear, toxic relationships, or limiting beliefs. It may indicate overindulgence, feeling stuck, or giving away your power. In modern readings, it often urges awareness, accountability, and the realization that liberation is possible once illusions are broken.
Traditional Keywords:
Temptation, bondage, addiction, materialism, control, shadow self
Reversal Possibilities:
Breaking free, release, empowerment, awareness, reclaiming control, detachment