When grief renders us speechless, tarot offers a symbolic vocabulary for expressing what feels inexpressible. This article explores how tarot's imagery can accompany us through loss—not as magical solutions or shortcuts around pain, but as compassionate witnesses to our journey. From specific cards that capture grief's shifting landscape to practical spreads designed for mourning, discover how tarot can help us navigate grief not as something to "get over," but as an experience to be integrated with gentleness and respect.

Sometimes, the most powerful insights come from the cards we least want to see. The Devil, with its imagery of chains and bondage, often prompts an immediate negative reaction. Yet, like all cards in the tarot, it carries wisdom - if we're willing to sit with its uncomfortable truths. Today, let's look at a particular type of chain: the attachment to victim identity, and how what begins as protection can become its own form of imprisonment.