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Major Arcana · No. 15
The Devil
bondage · temptation · attachment
Corresponding Chakra: Root ChakraAstrological Correspondence: Capricorn
☀️ Upright Meaning
A card that asks you to notice what binds you. The chain may be looser than you think.
🌙 Reversed Meaning
The will to break free is awakening. The door to liberation is opening.
💞 In Love
Intense attraction tangles with obsession. Look honestly: does this relationship grow you, or bind you?
💼 In Career
Check for shackles endured for money or position. Read the terms of tempting offers twice.
💰 In Money
A warning against debt, addictive spending, and reckless leverage. You fastened the chain; you can unfasten it.
🏛️ A Memory of the 15th Century
The devil, as if stepped out of a church fresco of hell, was the most familiar terror of the 15th century. Curiously, tradition draws the card's chains loose — the old insight that bondage is always half-voluntary.