Tarot card meanings · Major Arcana

The Devil

A chain that is looser than it feels. Name the habit, the deal or the fear that is holding the leash.

The Devil
Lunara deck · XV

How Lunara reads it

Upright: A chain that is looser than it feels. Name the habit, the deal or the fear that is holding the leash.

Reversed: The first loosening. A pattern seen clearly loses part of its grip — keep looking at it.

Keywords: attachment, habit, shadow · reversed: release, awareness, reclaiming

Correspondences

  • Element: Earth
  • Planet: Saturn
  • Zodiac: Capricorn
  • Yes / no: no · reversed: yes

When it appears upright

  • Appreciating the luxuries that life has to offer
  • Being comfortable in your own skin
  • Enjoying your sexuality
  • Splurging on an expensive personal item
  • Embracing the fact that everyone has a darker side
  • Dealing with unhealthy impulses in healthy ways

When it appears reversed

  • Putting excessive emphasis on appearances
  • Always wanting more
  • Valuing possessions more than people or relationships
  • Allowing base instincts to govern your life
  • Being selfish
  • Attributing your own dark impulses to outside forces or other people

Classic readings

  • Adultery and unfaithfulness
  • A string of extremely bad luck is coming your way
  • Beware evil influences and wolves in sheep's clothing

In love

Upright: intense attraction, unhealthy attachment, temptation, controlling relationship patterns. Reversed: breaking free, releasing attachment, reclaiming power, healthier bonds.

In work and money

Upright: unhealthy attachment to work, material ambition, restrictive job, workplace power dynamics. Reversed: leaving a restrictive job, breaking unhealthy patterns, reclaiming freedom, recovery.

Inner life

Upright: recognizing attachment, confronting the shadow, reclaiming personal freedom, breaking limiting patterns. Reversed: breaking free, confronting the shadow, reclaiming power, release from attachment.

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