The Devil

Major Arcana, 15 — from The 1909 London Deck.

Upright

attachment, a habit that binds, short-term pull

Something has more hold over you than you would like to admit — a habit, a person, an arrangement that keeps you comfortable and stuck. Look closely at the chains in the picture: they are loose. They always were.

In a yes or no reading, The Devil upright answers no.

Reversed

breaking free, seeing it clearly, release

The hold is loosening, or you have just seen it for what it is. That is the hard part done. What follows is undramatic and takes longer than you would like.

In a yes or no reading, The Devil reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.

What this card does in a reading here

A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. The Devil can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.

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