Meanwhile here is what 'The Mythic Tarot' has to say about the Archetype of 'The Devil' which interestingly is the card immediately after the 'Death' card, represented by Hades, Lord of the Underworld, ie. Pluto!
The Devil card
On an inner level, Pan, the Devil, is an image of bondage to the crudest, most instinctual aspect of human nature. Because the God was worshiped in caves & grottoes, attended by fear, his image within us suggests something that we both fear & are fascinated by - the raw, goatish & uncivilised sexual impulses which we experience as evil because of their compulsive nature. Since the dawn of the Christian era, Pan has been appropriated into the figure of the Devil, complete with goat-horns, & leering grin, & he is despised by Spiritual folk as Apollo once despised him in Greek myth. Plutarch recounts how, during the reign of Emperor Tiberius, a mariner sailing near an island heard a mysterious voice call out to him, 'When you reach Palodes, proclaim that the great God Pan is dead.' But the presence of this card amoung the Major Arcana of the tarot suggests that Pan did not die. Rather, he has been relegated to the nethermost recesses of the unconscious, representing that which we fear, loath & despise in ourselves, yet which holds us in bondage through our very fear & disgust.
We may find something noble & romantic about the card of Strength, or the wilful horses of the Chariot. But it is more difficult to perceive nobility in Pan. Yet in myth, he was not evil, merely untamed, amoral & natural. It is the paralysis of the humans who are held enthralled in terror & fascination which creates the problem. The card of the Devil implies blocks & inhibitions, usually sexual, which arise from our lack of understanding of Pan. Although he is ugly, he is the Great All - the raw life of the body itself, amoral & crude, but nontheless a God. The energy which is expended in keeping the Devil in his cave, shameful & hidden, is energy which is lost to the personality, but which can be released with immensely powerful effect if one is willing to look Pan in the face. Thus The Fool must learn to confront with humility the basest & most sahameful aspects of himself, or he will remain forever in bondage to his own fear. Then, in order to hide this shameful secret, he must pretend that he is superior & projects his own bestiality on others, leading to prejudice, bigotry & even persecution of individuals & races who seem to him evil.
And what card comes after The Devil card, well The Tower card. While all this brings the secret life of Tiger Woods to mind of course.. as that which was hidden, came out into the light.
The Tower card
On an inner level, the God-struck Tower is an image of the collapse of old forms. The Tower is the only man-made structure in the Major Arcana, & is thus a representation of structures, inner & outer, which we build, like Minos, as defences against life & concealment to hide our less agreeable sides from others. In many ways The Tower is an image of the Socially acceptable facades we adapt to hide the beast within. Then we use our professions, our good credentials, our affiliations with respectable institutions & companies, our carefully mannered Social roles, our politest smiles & most diplomatic exchanges, our magazine inspired appearances & family instilled morals, to hide the shameful secret which in the card of The Devil awaits The Fool in the underworld. The Tower is a structure of false or outgrown values, those attitudes towards life which do not spring from the whole Self but are put on like costumes in a play to impress the audience.
Thus, when The Fool confronts the great God Pan at the heart of the Labyrinth within, he is changed by the encounter. He is more humble, more complete, & more "REAL." Inevitably, this change will result in changes occurring in outer life. Just as our attitudes are altered by any encounter with what lies in the unconscious, so too are chosen lifestyles. One of the reasons why many people fear this inward looking process is that they are dimly aware that, having discovered one's real nature, one can no longer pretend in the eyes of the world. Honest encounter with The Devil invokes a profound inner integrity, & thus The Tower, the edifice which represents the values of the past, must fall.
This card, like the cards of Death & The Devil, depends a great deal upon the attitude of the individual in terms of how difficult or painful it is to deal with. Obviously it is more creative to ask oneself where one is constricted or bound by a false persona or image, because a willing effort to break through this pretense can spare a great deal of anguish. But it seems that The Tower will fall anyway, whether we are willing or unwilling, not because some malicious external fate decrees it, but because something within the individual has reached boiling point & can no longer live within such confines.
Ok then...
**NB: References from 'The Mythic Tarot Book' by Juliet Sharmon-Burke & Liz Green.
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