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The Devil's Snares
Thirteen cards as a hanging chain: what binds you, where the dependency sits, what you get from it, what you fear without it and where the chain can break.
Take it specifically for a dependency or compulsive tie, not for a general look at the future.
- Cards
- 13
- Minutes
- 18
- Reversals
- On
- AI reading
- 4 credits
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How to read it
The upper three cards name the temptation itself: what binds you, what it disguises itself as, and what you call a necessity though it is a habit. The next row spreads the chain across its places: money, relationships, body, and the person who feeds it all from outside. The third row is the most unpleasant and the most useful: the secondary gain, the fear of freedom, the weak link and the daily loss. Read it slowly and aloud. The bottom two cards are the way out: the first step and who you are without the chain. If the weak link and the first step share a suit, the break is nearer than it looks.
Positions
The temptation
The chief thing that holds you and promises ease in exchange for freedom.
The chain
What exactly binds you: a contract, fear, money, habit or pity.
The false necessity
What you call a necessity, though life would not collapse without it.
The chain in money
How the dependency shows in money: debt, a job, someone's purse, fear of poverty.
The chain in relationships
How the same dependency looks in your close ties and who makes use of it.
The chain in the body
What the body pays for this attachment: sleep, food, tension or a substance.
Who feeds it from outside
The person or setting that profits from your staying in this chain.
What you get from it
The hidden gain for which you hold onto the chain without admitting it.
The fear of freedom
What you fear if you let go: emptiness, loneliness, responsibility or your own power.
The weak link
The place where the chain is thinnest and where it can actually be broken.
The daily loss
What you lose every single day while this chain stays where it is.
First step to freedom
The concrete action that loosens the chain this very week.
Who you are without it
What your day and your character become once the chain is off.
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