July 2013 Attune Magazine July 2013 | Page 80

What affirmations can we use when trying to resolve issues connected with the Devil? Sample affirmations might be:

1.I confront my issues with ease and confidence.

2.I accept my inner shadows, and integrate them into who I am.

3.I easily balance my material and spiritual worlds.

4.I am no longer tempted by (fill in the blank).

5.By accepting my inner shadows, they no longer rule me.

6.I am comfortable living my life with “eyes wide open”.

7.I no longer allow others to make my decisions for me.

8.I have no need for negative thinking, or toxic intentions.

What are the gifts that the Devil brings us: The ability to understand our own shadows, to be free as an individual, and to be unique.

What are the abilities that the Devil brings us: The ability to express oneself as an individual.

What are the challenges that the Devil brings us: To have the courage to see life as it is, to get past our fears, and to integrate our shadows.

The Devil is in the details … the details of our life.

Note: Some of the material contained in this article is from my book “Tarot, Birth Cards, and You”, Schiffer Publishing, 2011.

Image is from Karyn Easton’s “Tarot Lovers’ Tarot”, 2008.

© 2013 Bonnie Cehovet