A Risk Worth Taking

From the Norse Tarot, the Devil; from the Wolf Pack, Risk:

Loki was a trickster in the Norse pantheon; though occasionally helpful, he was mostly frustrating. The more harm he caused, the more the other gods sought to punish him. Loki's vindictiveness from his punishments eventually grew into a malicious desire to destroy them all. When his deception caused the death of Baldr, the wisest of the gods, he was bound to a rock with a serpent overhead that dripped venom on his forehead. His wife held a bowl to catch the venom, but eventually would have to empty it. Unprotected, Loki's writhing from the touch of the venom caused earthquakes. The Devil is about attachment - not a form of healthy devotion, but a feverish desire to have something that goes beyond all reason and dips into delusion. It always causes suffering, especially to the person clinging to their ideas. Risk in relation to the Devil may be less about something that is dangerous and more about something that only feels that way. In the words of Michael Wenger: "We have a choice. We can complacently watch life from the sidelines, or we can risk our pride, our ideas, and whatever else we use to separate ourselves from others and leap fully into our life."