We live in an incredible world, filled with pleasure and all manner of things that we can indulge ourselves with. This becomes a potential danger when it is too much or used as a total escape from reality and taking responsibility. The word ‘devil’ is ‘lived’ backward. We need to experience things to live; we need to be engaged in the material world to live. So when this often scary figure appears in your reading, first ask yourself; how is my relationship with the physical world?

The Devil can be a representation of the negative forces that reside within ourselves. This internal trickery often makes us think that the world itself is working against us, causing turmoil and creating anger. We use these false “forces” as a scapegoat to explain why we did something we knew full well was wrong. However, the Devil dwells in all of us, and in order to become a master of our most dark impulses, we have to work on integrating that darkness.

A sense of powerlessness, hopelessness, and pessimism are some of the emotions you feel when The Devil comes up in a reading. You despair that the world is against you. You form addictions to things that feed the lie rather than actively seek solutions that would aid your growth.

Yet, you can free yourself from the situation you’re in. It starts with understanding your addictions, whether they are to things like alcohol or drugs or to certain situations, like narcissistic and toxic partners. From there, work to change and heal. Once you understand that you need to invest in your wellbeing, you can reclaim yourself.