The Devil As Feelings
The Devil as feelings reveals a complex emotional landscape. This person embodies The Shadow, The Tempter, The Illusionist energy in how they feel - wise and guiding in their emotional expression. The card's imagery mirrors their inner world: A horned, winged devil-like figure sits on a throne with an inverted pentagram on its forehead. The figure holds a torch in one hand and raises the other in a gesture of false blessing. In love, The Devil represents unhealthy relationship patterns, codependency, or relationships based on lust rather than genuine love. This card can indicate being trapped in toxic relationships, unable to leave despite knowing they're harmful. The Devil may represent sexual obsession, affairs, or relationships where physical attraction overrides compatibility and genuine connection. This card can also indicate that fear of being alone keeps you in unsatisfying relationships, or that you're attracted to partners who represent your own shadow qualities. The Devil reminds you that true love requires freedom and choice, not dependency or compulsion.
What They're Feeling
When someone feels like The Devil, their primary emotions are nurturing, intuition, receptivity. The horned devil figure in the card reflects feelings of the shadow self and lower nature given form. The inverted pentagram in the card reflects feelings of spirit trapped in matter, materialism over spirituality. Beneath the surface, there may also be feelings of creativity, bondage, connection.
Hidden Emotions
Even when The Devil appears upright, there may be hidden undercurrents of liberation, freedom, breaking chains. These shadow emotions don't negate the primary feelings but add depth to understanding them.
How They Show These Feelings
As a earth card, The Devil suggests this person expresses their feelings practically and steadily. They tend toward reliability, patience, consistency in emotional matters. Expect them to communicate through tangible actions, physical presence, and reliable support over time
What This Means for You
These feelings are genuine and present. In love, The Devil represents unhealthy relationship patterns, codependency, or relationships based on lust rather than genuine love. This card can indicate being trapped in toxic relationships, unable to leave despite knowing they're harmful. Understanding their emotional language - shaped by earth energy - will help you connect more deeply.
The Devil Reversed: As Feelings
When The Devil reversed represents feelings, the emotions are present but struggling to surface or be expressed. In love, the reversed Devil represents breaking free from toxic relationships, overcoming codependency, or healing unhealthy patterns in love. This card indicates that you're recognizing your worth and refusing to accept less than you deserve in relationships. You may be leaving a harmful relationship, overcoming sexual addiction, or healing from relationship trauma. The reversed Devil can represent choosing healthy love over familiar but destructive patterns, or finally seeing through manipulative behavior in relationships. This card suggests that you're developing the strength to choose love based on genuine connection rather than fear, dependency, or compulsion. The earth energy is turned inward, creating internal emotional processing rather than outward expression.
Blocked or Unexpressed Emotions
The Devil reversed suggests feelings that are present but trapped. They may want to express nurturing, intuition, receptivity but feel unable to. This could stem from fear, past hurt, or uncertainty about the relationship.
What They Cannot Communicate
In love, the reversed Devil represents breaking free from toxic relationships, overcoming codependency, or healing unhealthy patterns in love. This card indicates that you're recognizing your worth and refusing to accept less than you deserve in relationships.
Esoteric Correspondences
Understanding The Devil's deeper symbolism enriches your as feelings interpretation.
Golden Dawn Title
Le Diable
Il Diavolo
Element
earth
Planet
Saturn
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Dates
December 22 - January 19
Hebrew Letter
ע (Ayin)
Eye, perception, experience
Tree of Life
Path 26
Tiphareth to Hod (Beauty to Splendor)
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