XV
The Devil
The Devil tarot card meaning
Major Arcana · XV
attachment · temptation · chains
Upright meaning
A bind you are partly holding shut. The Devil is habit, dependency and desire that has quietly become a cage — with loose chains.
Reversed meaning
Breaking free, or seeing clearly what the hold actually was.
Love
Intensity mixed with dependency. Ask what keeps you here.
Career
Money or status keeping you somewhere you have outgrown.
Advice
Name the attachment out loud; that is most of the work.
Where it sits in the deck
The Devil is card XV of the Major Arcana, the twenty-two trumps that mark the turning points of a life. Read alongside its neighbours it forms part of the Fool's Journey, the story the deck tells when laid out in order.
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