For my Sunday Tarot posts, I don’t pull cards. I look at a story through a Tarot archetype, sometimes before I begin reading, sometimes while I’m already in the middle of it. The card isn’t a prediction. It’s a lens.
For Rings of Fate, that lens is The Devil.
In Tarot, The Devil isn’t about evil. It’s about binding power, obligation, and forces that entangle rather than liberate. It represents strength that comes at a cost, and systems that endure by keeping someone bound to them, often under the guise of duty or fate.
From the premise alone, Rings of Fate seems rooted in those themes: cursed magic, inherited power, and sacrifice framed as necessity. Approaching the story through The Devil simply means paying attention to who holds the power, who pays for it, and whether the chains are truly locked, or just convincing.
It’s a fitting lens for a story that feels like it might be interested in power, obligation, and the price of being bound to both.