We hope you’re enjoying this special, Substack-only podcast series diving into the Major Arcana of the tarot, sharing the insights that went into the creation of our TOTEM Tarot Deck as we near the last few available copies of our self-published labor of love!
The image immediately above is our TOTEM Tarot Deck’s version of The Devil card, reimagined as The Shadow. And that, my friends, is the card we’re going to talk about in this episode!
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See below for resources and insights relevant to our discussion of this very unique and very powerful Major Arcana card:
Francis Bacon’s Figure With Meat
Above is the painting, called Figure With Meat, that I reference in the audio— and that makes me think of the classic Devil tarot card. Here is a link to the Art Institute of Chicago’s deep dive on the painting, which I used to literally “visit” every week.
Littlefinger’s Little Game
Above is a clip outlining the core questions that The Devil card— aka The Shadow card in our TOTEM Tarot Deck— asks us to consider.
Me and the Devil, by Gil Scott Heron
And, of course, above is a link to perhaps the greatest devil-related song of all time, reflecting the energy of The Devil card in tarot. I own the vinyl, and let me tell you: it slaps hard.
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-Rachel
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