Major Arcana · 15
The Devilfor Aries
"You're not stuck. You just think the chains are locked."
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The devil card represents our inner demons; he's often in a fiery pit with a kind of subversion of the garden of eden where adam and eve are chained to him. The devil reminds us of our potential salvation, while trying to shackle us to our fears that we will never be worthy of it
You are in a hell, and it's partly of your own making. The situation might be dire, but you deserve better and part of you knows it. Perhaps you are ruminating, calling an ex, or doing some other unhealthy coping mechanism to help the pain you feel inside. Focus on healing your inner child and wounds instead and your problems should become more manageable.
You've done the hard work to face the parts of yourself that you might not like. You dodged a bullet and made the healthy choice even though you were tempted to fall back into old patterns
Its place in the deck.
Where it shows up.
The Devil for Aries
The Initiator
Aries is a Fire cardinal sign ruled by Mars, whose natural subject is the self, the body, first impressions. Saturn and Mars are both demanding planets, so this lands on a sign already used to carrying weight. The risk is treating more pressure as normal rather than as information. Aries is cardinal: it starts things, and this card is about finishing, so the pull will be to begin something new instead. Upright, this is surfacing whether or not it was invited.
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