I think that the Devil card up is very indicitive of an encounter that is specific enough to be a warning like, keep your gloves on. That is if you want to.
After you've had your fill of tangoing with such a person or corporation there are opportunities to get Devil out of immediate circle, and that is where [ 15 ]reversed comes in. When I see the card on the board I can say out loud "he go bye bye" and reliably, the Emperor card will be within the same swirl mix in the REVERSED position. ...and he go bye bye. That tells me that the Devil upright indeed enjoyed being the dominating party and the one who was given control as well.
So if the Devil is like a shark, the Devil reversed is as if, he's gone away. Now with the [ 15 ] reversed card it isn't as if he/she is out of the picture, just more like you've found refuge in a shark cage. He's still out there, circling.
I do think that the High Priestess is capable of sending him on his way. She doesn't have to explain anything at all, [ 15 ] is not worthy of honesty, just
so he go. What is more I think that she uses her hand-maiden Princess of Wands to show shock of selected truths to make the Shark leave.
Seeing the High Priestess as Dominatrix is very interesting to me. And equating her with the sadism of the Devil is interesting as well.
I have always held the High Priestess reversed as more the escapist, the non-commital one.
As I hold that Devil [ 15 ] to be non-commital, not in anything for loyalty, I suppose he would resemble High Priestess reversed, itching to get out- or there just to dominate, castigate even, then flee. This is revolutionary to me and exciting, thanks.