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The Devil card is often misunderstood and feared. However, before Christianity became a leading religion, there were several pantheons which contained fertility gods and they were often depicted as animals - the Horned God of the Wicca for example, servant and consort of the Goddess. The Devil does not therefore necessarily represent an evil being. The Devil is the personification of the animal, instinctual and even bestial parts of us. Pre-occupation with matters connected to the Devil can lead to degradation and sheer ugliness, but by identifying and accepting the darkness within we learn to discover that it is simply the dark side of our light. |
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The Devil is numbered fifteen and shows a figure, usually male and satyr-like,
half-man and half-animal. Sometimes, male and female forms are shown chained
or trapped at his feet. The Thoth deck (shown here) has the Devil as a
goat, appearing against a background of the male sex organs. His third
eye represents the Eye of God and the staff across his chest is topped
with the Winged Disk symbol and double-headed snakes.
