Meaning
In the material dimension, anything can be determined and legitimized only through the definition and existence of its opposite and contrary. The identification of the Ego with individual aspects of Dualism generates the eternal War between opposites.
In the Thoth tradition
The Devil stands enthroned over the chained pair, lord of the material structures the soul has mistaken for itself. He embodies the Capricornian principle of crystallized form, the binding power of identification that becomes prison only when one forgets the chains were chosen. Capricorn.
In short
Attachments, temptation and the feeling of being stuck. Look honestly at what binds you: habits, fears, dependencies. The chain is looser than you think, and you can choose to break it.
Reversed
You are breaking a chain: freeing yourself from a habit, a dependency or a fear that held you. Or, the opposite, you deny you are still trapped: be honest about where you stand.
Correspondences
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