The Devil is back, we saw this card last week. But that one was funny, almost cute. Perhaps this reappearance is a response to me not taking it seriously the last time?
This version of the card is more traditional: A definitely-not-funny* devil sits atop a post to which naked male and female demons are securely attached.
As before, the Devil is meant to represent Oppression, but again I’m just not seeing it. I probably have too many friends in the BDSM community but these bound demons simply don’t look that put upon to me. Could they possibly have consented to this? They can’t simply escape their bindings as before but that doesn’t mean they didn’t agree to be here. Remember that Oppression isn’t meant to be read literally. We may feel bound to our jobs, our partners, our children. From time to time these bindings may feel heavier, but if the choice was ours we still retain control.
(*C’mon, it’s a LITTLE funny!)
