Major Arcana field note

The Devil tarot

A traditional upright and reversed meaning for The Devil, from the 22-card Major Arcana used in Mystica's Tarot picker.

Traditional tarot reference 4 min read
Major Arcana · card XV

The Devil

Name the bargain before you decide whether to keep it.

Upright

Attachment, desire, shadow, material appetite, and the stories that make a chain feel inevitable.

Reversed

Release, truth about an attachment, recovery of agency, or fear of what freedom will require.

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The upright thread

What this card opens

Attachment, desire, shadow, material appetite, and the stories that make a chain feel inevitable.

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The shadow thread

What the reversal complicates

Release, truth about an attachment, recovery of agency, or fear of what freedom will require.

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