The Devil in the tarot represents ambition ruling the mind, wrongly believing there is no other choice.
It was truly a pity for a fourteen-year-old girl to be driven into a corner.
The Devil tempted man into forgetting his spiritual quest and sacred purpose, indulging in material pleasures, lacking spiritual support, and denying that life had any spiritual purpose. This threw wide open the door to pursuing tangible things and selfishness.
The Devil held a burning torch, fanning this man's desires and letting his animal instincts rule his mind.
A fourteen-year-old girl was fresh and tender, at an age like a flower, caught between adulthood and childhood. Good people would help her return to the right path, while bad people would kick her when she was down, take advantage of her, and even instill wrong ideas in her, making her fall step by step until she ultimately became a prostitute.
Wu Zetian had better luck. Her father sent her into the imperial palace, but she still did not live very happily in an environment full of women.
In the tarot image, the Devil looked at the slaves bound in iron chains and let out a triumphant, savage laugh.
Although the slaves were bound by iron chains, they could escape the Devil as long as they helped one another. But the Devil's temptations had already blinded them, and they willingly let it drive them.
The hideous and terrifying Devil had such a pleasant voice. He used money and so-called security to lure people into becoming his slaves. Under his control, people lost the ability to communicate with one another, and their minds were filled entirely with naked primal desires. In pursuit of money, they denied every other goal in life and became selfish and greedy. Yet when life ended, these material