Sulis
I have to admit to not liking this depiction of The Devil very much but then I really do like the traditional Devil card's image of a huge, horned beast, looming over 2 chained half human creatures.. I think that image really conveys the archetype well... Something that we're tied to but that isn't good for us, our own personal darkness that looms over us, difficult to acknowledge and look at, even more difficult to release ourselves from.
To me, The Devil is numerically linked to The Lovers (they're both 6s) and The Devil is the antithesis of love, a choice of the heart, giving yourself up to love, making yourself vulnerable to it etc..
The Devil is about temptation, the feeling that there is no choice, fear, being bound to or addicted to something whether that's a substance, a person or a way of acting, feeling or being.. It's such a powerful archetype...
The Wild Unknown's Devil is a shaggy goat, he's emerging from the darkness. On his head are 2 huge horns and between them, over his third eye chakra is an inverted pentagram. His hooves look as if they're on fire.
This image links the devil in with base instincts like lust, survival and so ties him into the Pagan horned gods; Pan, Cernunnos and other depictions of the Lord of the Wild Wood or The Hunt... This is a horny old devil (literally
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The pentagram is inverted so the material realm is above that of Spirit, who's point is pointing down towards earth. So the card shows being ruled by base instincts or by the need to advance materially rather than spiritually.
Why are his feet on fire though? Does this show the querant's inability to move away from the thing they're bound to? Instead of chains they literally cannot move away.
This card showed up for me a lot when I was waiting for my ankle surgery earlier this year and I thought the burning feet were very appropriate for that. It also showed that I was letting my fear rule my thoughts and that one of my own personal demons; the tendency to be pessimistic and to think negatively about something was also dominating me..
I'd love to hear some other thoughts about this, especially the burning feet.. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of symbolism to go on with this card whereas 'traditional' Devil cards are overflowing with the stuff..
To me, The Devil is numerically linked to The Lovers (they're both 6s) and The Devil is the antithesis of love, a choice of the heart, giving yourself up to love, making yourself vulnerable to it etc..
The Devil is about temptation, the feeling that there is no choice, fear, being bound to or addicted to something whether that's a substance, a person or a way of acting, feeling or being.. It's such a powerful archetype...
The Wild Unknown's Devil is a shaggy goat, he's emerging from the darkness. On his head are 2 huge horns and between them, over his third eye chakra is an inverted pentagram. His hooves look as if they're on fire.
This image links the devil in with base instincts like lust, survival and so ties him into the Pagan horned gods; Pan, Cernunnos and other depictions of the Lord of the Wild Wood or The Hunt... This is a horny old devil (literally
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The pentagram is inverted so the material realm is above that of Spirit, who's point is pointing down towards earth. So the card shows being ruled by base instincts or by the need to advance materially rather than spiritually.
Why are his feet on fire though? Does this show the querant's inability to move away from the thing they're bound to? Instead of chains they literally cannot move away.
This card showed up for me a lot when I was waiting for my ankle surgery earlier this year and I thought the burning feet were very appropriate for that. It also showed that I was letting my fear rule my thoughts and that one of my own personal demons; the tendency to be pessimistic and to think negatively about something was also dominating me..
I'd love to hear some other thoughts about this, especially the burning feet.. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of symbolism to go on with this card whereas 'traditional' Devil cards are overflowing with the stuff..