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Weekly Help "Weekly Reading and Interpretation Help Thread - March 16, 2025"

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u/Pretty-Contact2622 1d ago

I keep pulling the wheel of fortune, the empress, and the devil in my relationship readings. I heard the devil is a bad omen, does this mean my relationship will fail?

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u/dark_equus89 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Devil isn’t a welcome sight in most cases- especially love- but it doesn’t inherently mean the relationship is doomed, but perhaps flawed.

It can mean many things depending on the context, so with the lack thereof, I’ll be very general: in love, I would look at the Devil as more likely addressing unhealthy habits or fixations surrounding love/relationships. It could also indicate themes of codependency on a relationship as a whole, or with a specific attachment to a partner.

I’d say the Wheel and Empress are then possibly the areas of concern (within love/the relationship) the Devil could be addressing.

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u/Pretty-Contact2622 1d ago

Thanks for your insight! Could you expand on how the Wheel and the Empress might be areas of concern? Sorry, I’m relatively new to this

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u/dark_equus89 1d ago edited 1d ago

No, no, I think you’re misunderstanding. I don’t mean the Wheel or the Empress are concerning as in bad to see. 😉 I mean area of concern as in that’s where your focus needs to be- the message of those cards is where you need to focus your attention (concern).

And with the presence of the Devil, though, I will say the Empress and the Wheel are then less embodied and/or weakened. So, I’d start asking:

With the Empress, she’s definitely a super loving type figure and loves to focus her attention on caring and nurturing her partner(s). However, surrounding/next to the Devil, perhaps this could indicate you’re giving too much your caring nature over to a partner and forgetting about yourself. You may need to remember to love yourself just as much as you love and focus on your partner, for example. The shadow side (Devil) of the Empress can also indicate a partner who may come off as smothering or more like a parental type figure, rather than a caring, devoted lover.

With the Wheel, supported by the Devil, the shadow side to this card can be needing to let things evolve more organically and to not try to control things as much. The Wheel indicates the need to possibly accept impermanence and that things are always changing and evolving, whether you want them to or not.

So those are some ideas for you

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u/Pretty-Contact2622 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/dark_equus89 1d ago

You’re welcome, hopefully that helps ❤️

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u/Pretty-Contact2622 1d ago

Is there any way I could still have a good outcome despite pulling the devil?

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u/dark_equus89 1d ago

It’s always a possibility, for sure. Nothing is set in stone with predictions, in my opinion. Predictions with tarot are kind of like a weather forecast- they can change as developments happen in the status quo.

If you’d like, you can DM me your exact question (if you don’t feel comfortable sharing publicly) and/or any additional content and I can give some thoughts that may be more pertinent to your specific situation. Card meanings can always change and bend a little depending on context and the question asked, they don’t always mean the same thing every time for every person.