XV to stick out the tongue twice, the one from his face and the dark blue tongue of

The Devil the face she carries in her womb, the Devil hides nothing: it is shown
totally devoid of hypocrisy.
Forces of the unconscious, passion, creativity If it is endowed with several eyes on the face, the belly, and the knees, it is
In numerological order, The Devil corresponds to The Pope, Arcana to better face their fears. It is a being with four faces. To its
V, grade 5 of the decimal series of the major arcana. This card face, a mask that covers its powerful intellect, is added to the gaze
it also represents a bridge, a transit. But, if the Pope indicated astonished by her two breasts, whose bases in the shape of a crescent indicate
a path to spiritual heights, The Devil appears as a an emotional character without brakes. The face of the belly, also with the
tempting that shows the way to the depths of being. This card tongue out, indicates the wide extent of their sexual and creative desires.
rests in the great black stain we have seen appear in the Arcana The gaze of the knees suggests an embraced flesh, impregnated.
XIII. The character of the Devil carries a torch and has two wings of of spirit, which does not disdain any part of its material life. Its sex is
bat: all these elements indicate that it lives in the darkness, like a third tongue that hangs. But its body is blue
in the night of the deep unconscious. It could be said to represent heaven indicates that, above all, it is a spiritual entity, a dimension
the reverse of The Pope, the light immersed in matter. The characters of the of the spirit, under its luciferian aspect. In its hand, it holds a torch
letter is a mix of human and animal, in reference to our of green mango, the color of eternity, where a flame shines
primary powers, to our prehistoric memories buried in red that emerges from a circle. This torch burns with great activity
the deepest part of our nervous system. This trait reminds us, marked by that sign of perfection, of the creative principle.
by different esoteric signs that adorn the characters, that The three characters have horns, which point to that Arcana before
the initiate, in order to reach his enlightenment, must not reject his animal side, everything like that of passion: romantic passion, creative passion. This
to accept it, honor it, and guide it towards the angelic light.
the letter contains all the hidden powers of the human unconscious,
The Devil, having been an angel, manifests with his torch a both the negative and the positive. It is also the card of temptation:
deep desire to ascend again from his cave towards the cos- a call to the search for hidden treasure, of immortality
Keywords:
Tentación - Deseo - Apego - Encadenamiento - and the powerful energy that the psyche contains, necessary for any
Dinero - Contrato - Profundidad - Oscuridad - human work. Naturally, this Arcana can also represent
Fear a fraudulent contract, in the tradition of the myth of Faust, the
Drives - Creativity...
degenerations of sexuality, infantilism, the trap, the deli-
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thus, the human soul sunk in the fleshly body feels mental rivers, economic rapacity, gluttony
a deep desire to ascend to its origin, the creative divinity. and all the self-destructive ties.
He wears a hat whose red brim suggests the activity of desire, and the The Devil is standing on a kind of
orange mass the intuitive and receptive intelligence that extends pedestal or base on which two little devils are
on his forehead like a third eye. He squints, staring fixedly at a tied with an orange rope that goes through the
point on his nose, in intense meditation. His facial expression is ambiguous:
sky blue central ring. It could be said that the
suggests, on one hand, a deep concentration and, on the other, the little devil on the left is a woman and the one on the
a childish grimace. It could be said that, by crossing the layer of fear to the right a man, considering the appearance
popular that inspires, reminds us in this way that it is but a of each one, although none appears
innocent creation, a comic being. It can also be said that, upon sexual character. The woman wears a small
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triangle shape, as if to indicate that it is of a temptation, of a love adventure. These popular meanings
sacred. These two characters have their feet at they encompass the same spiritual reality: a part of ourselves
way of roots sinking into the darkness it tempts us with unknown possibilities, just as Christ was
from the ground. The woman's feet have five tempted by his inner devil. In the esoteric tradition, it is said that
fingers, while those of the little devil that when Christ dies, he descends to the tomb to seek his brother
to our right they only have four. the mayor, the Devil, to join him and become one being.
In this letter is where the dimension is revealed. On the floor of the "cave", above the matrix of darkness,
active of the feminine and the passive dimension we found a sky blue terrain, striped with regular lines. Inside
from the masculine, both energies uniting from the black part, the same striations, as proof of spiritual labor,
in the center to create the hermaphrodite devil, they have formed the action (the red trapezium) that leads to perfection
who has two breasts and a penis in their body. of the blue circle through which the rope connecting the two passes
His right foot and right hand have five fingers, devils. All unconscious and instinctive activity becomes conscious.
his hand and his left foot have four. The (light yellow) and spiritual (light blue). The Devil points as
two little devils have horns on their heads, evoking sexual the root of this activity. The red tip of its sex is a symbol
the medieval legends in which certain of life, just like the double belt that supports the breasts and the
animals get trapped by the antlers that surrounds her pelvis. With these touches of red, it seems to indicate that the
in the forest of passion. One can see libido is above all a vital flame, like that of its torch, with which
in them beings bound by their desires, but also the world can be set ablaze with a creative fire. In this regard,
rooted in the deep origin and converted The Devil is the other face of God.
in servers of androgynous creativity In a reading
from the Devil, free from prejudice. The Devil can suggest a source of income or everything that concerns it.
In popular mentality, the Devil evokes important financial transactions, sometimes murky or secret.
money tempts humans with a contract He is the great tempter who, in the material domain, refers to desire.
promising, a sudden and easy wealth. It was given to him of wealth. Also, a promising contract that is beneficial
also associates with the announcement of a great passion, study carefully so as not to be deceived. Indeed, The Devil
The torch of it can lead, indifferently, to fortune or to ruin.
Diablo can
set the world on fire.
On the other hand, it is always a good omen for related issues.
In the heads of with creativity. It suggests the depth of talent, the richness
the little devils, from inspiration, the disposition of a true artist and an intense
horns or branches.. creative energy.
...his feet
they take root in the soil
Like Arcana XIII, The Devil can initially scare the consultant.
black. It is burdened with all the moral and religious prohibitions
On the chest of the and refers to the image of evil. The tarot reader will then guide the reading.
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left, three to enable the consultant to overcome barriers
spiritual points. sexual or creative ones that have been imposed on him, and
return to the power of the depths in A penis and two
breasts: the Devil is
that takes root in our subconscious. It is also hermaphrodite, unite
the place where passions are born. The the two opposites.
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sexual of a relationship: a strong dark tasks, the one who knows the center around which all revolve
passion. It can also evoke the desire of densities. I am the viscosity of everything that vainly tries to be formal.
to know this form of union. The supreme force of the magma. The pestilence that denounces the
Sometimes it refers to physiological dependencies. hypocrisy of perfumes. The mother carrion of every flower. The corruptor
the psychic ones whose unconscious roots should be of the vain spirits that wallow in perfection.
identify. Drug or alcoholism problems, I am the murderous consciousness of the perpetually ephemeral. I am,
sexual dependency, behaviors shut away in the underground of the world, who shakes the cathedral
of self-punishment, repetitive patterns in life stupid of the faith. I am the one who, on my knees, bites and bleeds
emotional, etc.; all of this can be undone if the feet of the crucified. Who presents to the world, without shame, his
we agree to undertake work in the depths. open wounds like hungry vaginas. I rape the putrid egg of
In any case, this letter guides us holiness. I sink the erection of my thought into the morbid dream
towards our deep nature, it incites us to from the hierophants, to spit on them in the middle of the simulation the sperm
do not mask it. The realization consists of being cold of my contempt.
What one is. That implies recognizing oneself and leading. There is no peace with me. There is no sweet established home. Nor Gospels.
our wishes. syrupy. Nor sugar virgin for the moist tongues of
And if the Devil spoke... apathetic nuns. I sovereignly defecate on the leprous birds of
I am Lucifer, bearer of the torch. The morality. I can't help imagining a prophet on all fours being mounted by
the excellent gift that I give to humanity is the a donkey in heat. I am the ecstatic singer of incest, the champion of
absolute absence of morality. Nothing limits me. all the depravity, and I open with delight, with the nail of my pinky finger,
He has transgressed all laws; he burned the ... the intestines of an innocent to dip my bread in them.
Constitutions and sacred books. None However, from the deepest part of the human cave, I ignite
religion can encompass me. I destroy all the the torch that organizes the darkness. By a staircase of obsidian
theories, I blow up all the dogmas. I arrive at the foot of the Creator to offer the power of transformation.
At the bottom of the bottom of the bottom, nobody Yes: before the divine impermanence, I fight to preserve the instinct,
lives deeper than I do. I am the origin of to fix it as a fluorescent sculpture. I light it up with my
all the abysses. I am the one who gives life to the grou- consciousness, and I hold until it bursts into a new divine work the
Until the knees infinite universe, immeasurable labyrinth that glides between my
of the Devil have
eyes: see everyone claws, prey that slips away between my teeth, footprints that fade away
levels. like a subtle perfume...
The two faces of And I stay there, trying to connect all the seconds together with
Diablo take out the
Others, to stop the flow of time. That is hell: total love.
tongue: mocks
the word rational.
towards the divine work that fades away. He is the artist: invisible, unthinkable,
impalpable, untouchable. I am the other artist: fixed, unchangeable,
dark, opaque, dense. Torch that burns eternally with fire
motionless. I am the one who wants to engulf this eternity, this immeasurable glory,
nail it in the center of my belly and give birth to it like a deer
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snake that tears to eject the stem at whose end it will open the
lot where the diamond shines. Thus, I, tearing my guts, want to be
the supreme Virgin who gives birth to God and immobilizes him on a cross for
may it stay here eternally, with me, always, unchanged, permanent
permanence.
Among the traditional interpretations of this letter:
Pasión - Atadura - Dependencia - Carácter posesivo - Adoración -
Great creativity
Promising contract that needs to be studied carefully - Entry
of money - Hidden powers of the human unconscious (negative or
Positive) - Fermentation - Prostitution - Cruelty - Labor of the
depths - Psychiatry - Dark side of being - Sexuality -
Lucifer, fallen angel bearer of light - Pride - Possession -
Black magic
Fantasies - Hidden treasure - Hidden energy in the psyche -
Overcoming - Temptation
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