XV · The Devil
The Forbidden Shoe
- Temptation
- Desire
- Knowing Better
Upright
The Devil is the arcana of the chain worn loosely: a pull that holds precisely because some part of us enjoys being held. The scene here is small and honest. A shoe that has been off limits for years and is still worth a long look on the way past, or one green leaf, after which the rest of the room stops existing. If someone is loitering by the shoe rack with no stated business, this is the card.
Reversed
Reversed, the pull turns inward. The wanting is still there and goes unmentioned: a long look at the shelf, a pause by the shut cupboard, nothing acted on. Holding an appetite costs more than it looks like from outside. A good day for noticing what your companion keeps glancing at, and for saying nothing about it.
Reversed is not bad news here. It is the same energy turned inward instead of outward.
In the dog deck
They know they shouldn't, and yet. The forbidden thing calls and calls. Today resistance is harder than most days.
Try today Bring out the best toy instead and let them redirect that hunger toward play.
In the cat deck
The Catnip Spell
One whiff and the whole world disappears. Today they know they're chasing that scent, know how much they want it—and they can't stop anyway.
Try today Hide it today and bring out a new toy to redirect that hunger.
In the human deck
The Next Episode
Five seconds in the corner of the screen, counting down, and not once allowed to reach zero. Everyone in the house already knows how the evening ends, and the screen stays on regardless. The remote is within reach the entire time.
Try today Move the thing you keep reaching for into another room for five minutes and see if you follow it.
Other cards
- 0 The First Adventure
- I The Treat Conjurer
- II The Window Watcher
- III The Cushion Queen
- IV The Sofa Sovereign
- V Sit, Stay, Repeat
- VI You and Me
- VII The Leash Sprint
- VIII Brave and Steady
- IX Under the Covers
- X The Doorbell
- XI Treats Divided Fair
- XII Belly Up
- XIII The Bath
- XIV Sip by Sip
- XVI The Flowerpot Crash
- XVII The Dawn Walk
- XVIII Night Watch
- XIX Sunbeam Bliss
- XX When You Call Their Name
- XXI All Here Together
This is tarot for fun. We rewrote the Major Arcana for life with a dog, life with a cat, and a human day; it predicts and advises nothing. Nothing here relates to health or behaviour decisions.
Card art is the Rider–Waite deck (1909, public domain).