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Here we have the Tarot saying to you that there is some kind of energy blockage taking place. Quite probably you are suppressing your emotions and forcing your emotional response on the basis of a personality imprint made upon you at an earlier point in your life. You must ‘unlearn’ away from this pattern. You must get away from all the sources of negativity and annoyance which vex your soul and trouble your mind at this time. It is not necessary to overload your mind at the expense of your own sense of peace and harmony.

The Devil card often appears in a person’s life when a challenge is being made against them. This challenge may come through other people – here, you must be strong enough to withstand the opposing forces representing the influence of these people: they may well be hidden or out of sight, not wanting to display themselves openly, preferring to work against you in a more surreptitious manner.

The basic message of this card stays the same, whether your opponents are fighting you openly or not: what you must do is stand by your principles, your ethics, and refuse to compromise with the forces against you.

Another aspect of the Devil is that it touches upon all of that which we feel we cannot give up or relinquish: all of our stuff, habits and routines, which we know aren’t doing us any good at all, and which may in fact be holding us back from going ahead into what our futures may hold for us. What is it that you aren’t prepared to say goodbye to?

Some people need devils, so that they can have an excuse for failure. ‘Well, I tried to do X, but, well, it didn’t work out, so it must mean it’s not “intended” to work out.’ Or they dramatize others in the role of the Queen or King of Darkness, against which they seem to lose their power of control. How can we rid our lives of casting others into this role? How can we come to see those who challenge us in life less as devils and more as our own personal trainers, leading us on to greater levels of self-empowerment?