I like to notice the colours in the cards, and this one is just one big wallop of red, isn't it?!!
Another read I get from this card, is that if red = passion, then what might have started out as a straight-forward attempt at passionate expression mutated into something else, with the help of the little red fella in the background.
Passion has given way to power-play, and therefore all sense of intimacy is lost, because it's a case of dominance rather than equal give-and-take.
I love how the set of the female's head mimics the devil in the background, only his eyes are closed, as if he is delighting in her actions, and her eyes are wide open and looking straight out of the card. I think she knows exactly what she is doing and she wants to win, no matter the cost. She just doesn't know that she's being played by someone or something else and while she thinks SHE is dominant, she is actually ALSO the puppet of someone or something else, performing for THEIR pleasure.
I feel a video coming on...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luobOzreRq4
XOX
Keavy