{"id":11825,"date":"2018-11-01T14:13:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citytarot.com\/?p=11825"},"modified":"2023-02-01T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:27:52","slug":"tarot-card-meanings-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citytarot.com\/tarot-card-meanings-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVIL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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THE TRILOGY<\/span><\/h3>

THE DEVIL cannot be considered on its own.\u00a0 We must look at him as part of the Trilogy: DEATH-<\/a>TEMPERANCE<\/a>-DEVIL to make any sense.\u00a0<\/p>

All three Paths on the Tree of Life are leading to Tipheret \u2013 beauty, Higher Self.\u00a0 However, the method of getting to Tipheret depends on their Sephirah of origin.\u00a0<\/p>

TEMPERANCE<\/a> is a path coming out of Yesod \u2013 Foundation.\u00a0 Therefore, to travel that path, we must understand the balance within our Selves. \u00a0DEATH<\/a> comes out of Netzach, Victory. And, therefore, like a true victor, a true hero, we must sacrifice our perception of the physical world to die and be reborn: to understand true reality.<\/p>

OUT OF SPENDOR<\/span><\/h3>

THE DEVIL, however, is bursting out of Hod, Splendor.\u00a0 And, oh, how splendid (cheesy pun intended) it must be to revel in it.\u00a0 So why would you want to leave a perfectly comfortable and beautiful Sephirah for a promise of another comfortable and beautiful Sephirah?<\/p>

Furthermore, THE DEVIL is ruled by the sign of Capricorn. Capricorn is governed by Saturn<\/a>, a planet of limitations. Remember also, that Saturn rules The Sephirah Binah, The Great Mother, which gives us form \u2013 therefore, limitations of time and matter (our perception of reality). And so, The Devil exemplifies our erroneous awareness of reality: our acceptance of the material and\/or physical circumstances as real.<\/p>

THE EYE<\/span><\/h3>

Another clue to the Path of THE DEVIL is illustrated by its connection with the Hebrew Letter Ayin, which means \u2018Eye.\u2019 Eye signifies our acceptance of this false reality, but also \u2018opening of the eye\u2019 \u2013 or third eye \u2013 to understand what is real and what is an illusion.\u00a0 To assume that what our physical eye sees is reality is confining -binding.\u00a0 And, thus, we must open our third eye to escape that bondage.<\/p>

Whereas Netzach, a Sephirah that is the origination of TEMPERANCE<\/a>, usually embodies instincts and feelings (see Jung\u2019s Four Egos<\/a>), Hod, the opposite Sephirah, and the origination point for THE DEVIL, symbolizes the contrast of that: intellect. And so, the process of leaving that Sephirah and moving up toward Tipheret, means that the process must begin with us having to leave behind intellect, to move up toward Intuition.\u00a0 THAT, for most of us, is a nearly impossible task!<\/p>

THE ANGEL\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>

In tune with the Trilogy of TEMPERANCE<\/a>, DEATH<\/a> and THE DEVIL, you will recognize THE DEVIL\u2019s wings in this card as those of the same angel. His ram\u2019s horns invoke its astrological sign: Capricorn. The eye of Horus in the middle of his face (Ayin) means that the lesson of this card\u2019s path is a reorganization of perspective: a new vision of things.<\/p>

The Angel is squatting on a rectangular block of stone \u2013 a half cube. The half-cube is one-half of the truth.\u00a0 This is the believe that only matter exists, and there is no spiritual dimension to life. Between his legs is an outer image of the planet earth \u2013 our attachment; our bondage. Not only is earth transparent, it is hanging from the Devil\u2019s hand by a chain, that is, likewise \u2013 transparent \u2013 demonstrating that it is not, in fact a real bind.<\/p>

THE FOOL<\/span><\/h3>

Inside the image is the\u00a0FOOL<\/a>\/WORLD<\/a>\/HANGED MA<\/a>N. \u00a0His eyes are closed.\u00a0 He feels trapped inside this world (material reality) because he won\u2019t open his eyes and see that it is just an illusion. He is crouching in fear; what our intellect cannot understand, it fears.<\/p>

The background is red-brown, representing the chaos of Mars (which is exalted in Capricorn) with the constellation of Capricorn in the background.<\/p>

In a Tarot Reading<\/a>, DEATH can represent one or more of the following:<\/span><\/p>