The Devil card in Tarot is often associated with addiction, restriction, oppression, lust, and what Carl Jung refers to as the “shadow self.”
Yet people often forget that in its light aspect, the Devil card, which I call the Daemon card in my Yonic Tarot™ deck, is also associated with self-mastery and integration of one’s dark or unconscious aspects/desires. As this card is associated with the Zodiac sign Capricorn, which is all about mastery of oneself in the physical realm.
In one of my favorite Tarot spreads, the Celtic Cross, there is a position that symbolizes one’s fears and hopes, as these are often two sides of the same coin. Just as the Devil can represent one’s shadows or restrictions as well as one’s path to salvation.
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In my own life, I have felt the temptation of the “Devil” or, should I say, my shadow self, as I have reflected on my past relationship dynamics and my own “addictive” tendencies.
Thus, the truth about the Devil/Daemon card is that this dark masculine aspect exists within all of us, no matter what gender we choose to identify with, which I refer to in my Yonic Theory™ as the Daemon function.
Yet it is important to note that the origins of the word daemon, which would eventually become our modern word “demon,” is a very interesting backstory in and of itself…
