The Devil

Major Arcana Major Arcana

Correspondences

Hebrew Letter: Ayin
Path: 26 (Tiphareth-Hod)
Zodiac: Capricorn
Thoth Title: The Devil

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Fate at its cruelest. Nature’s dark side. Unavoidable evil

Upright

Keywords: Tyranny. Major force. Avoidable evil | Waite: Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality; that which is predestined but is not for this reason evil.

Tyranny. Major force. Avoidable evil. Reversed: Fate at its cruelest. Nature’s dark side. Unavoidable evil.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: Capricorn; procreative energy, new vitality; humor; sensuality; sexuality; creative energy; individuality

Procreative energy and new vitality. Humor, sensuality, sexuality, and creative individuality bursting through repression.