Waite–Smith, Trump 15
The Devil
What you can see
A horned, winged figure crouches above two smaller figures chained at the neck. It raises one hand and holds a downward-pointing torch in the other.
What Waite says
Waite connects the chains with material and animal life, yet says the dominating figure will not rule its captives forever. His explanation is a particular account of bondage and possible release.
Waite · Part II, §2 · printed pp. 128–131 ↗Edition and image credits
Pamela Colman Smith, illustrations in The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Rider 1922 reprint, first published 1910. The scans keep the printed borders and page marks, with no cropping or recolouring.