The Devil Made Me Do It, Or Not
My hands down favorite card from the Tarot of the Sidhe is the Devil, which she calls, Pan. In my mind, to use Pan is perfection for this supposedly oh so evil card. Some of the most common, associations of the card The Devil include obsession, addiction, and incarceration with an underlying meaning that passion is evil. In the tarot, there are positive associations with every card, even The Devil. Pan is the god of mirth merriment and debauchery. He is a happy fun guy perhaps because he is living his passion and enjoying life. This is the very positive side of The Devil. In the positive aspect of The Devil, he represents someone who has released him/herself from restrictions that have been self imposed. They are now free to live their lives with freedom from self judgment. In the traditional tarot depiction of The Devil, it is not the Devil that is holding the people in chains, it is themselves. Their hands and legs are free to unhook the chains that bind them. The Dev