Major Arcana Tarot Cards & Astrology
Tarot Cards and the Zodiac
♑ Capricorn, the Goat 🐐
Capricorn, the Goat & The Devil Major Arcana Card
Capricorn, adorned in the dark regalia of Saturn, is the sign the Devil card embodies. This mystic energy mixes earthly ambition with the temptation that lurks within the depths of material desires leaving a hint of the decadence and dependence material gains can enforce on people. Capricorn, the ambitious mountain climber, ascends the peaks of worldly success, entwining with the Devil's chains that bind to material illusions - the higher it climbs, the harder it becomes to go back down.
The native of Capricorn is a slave to the status, the power and the possesions, it is possessed by all it possesses. It's a dark game, and it must have a resolution in the form of liberation from changes. Picture the Devil not as a malevolent force, but as the eerie reflection of Capricorn's relentless pursuit of power. It's a super power the zodiac covets, as they look at capricorn with admiration. This dark spot of the major arcana focus on the moment where the goat's climb meets the Devil's seductive whispers.
The card pushes us to navigate the labyrinth of ambition, recognizing the fine line between mastery and entrapment, and finding liberation in the dance between the earthly or corporeal compared to the spiritual and ethereal.
The Devil, significator of Capricorn, comes up in a reading to hint at the ability to remove obstacles and blockages, to release yourself from something that lets you grow in its absence. The Devil is everything negative that happens to you due to your obsession and attachment to the subject matter, which may be material or a substance you consume. This card is asking us to look inside and recognize our weakness in order to heal ourselves of it.
On a negative note, The Devil can signify someone that is power hungry, that has poor judgment and abuse of power or authority. It’s a type of passive hostility, the more you have of something the worse it gets. Feelings of guilt can arise when there is a lack of moral and so regret can impede someone from releasing himself from past pain.
