The book of Job tells us, at least at that time, Satan still had access to heaven and to the throne of God. Apparently at that time, Satan was still moving freely between heaven and earth, speaking to God directly and answering for his activities. At what point God discontinued this access is unknown. Why did Satan fall from heaven? Satan fell because of pride. He desired to be God, not to be a servant of God. Ezekiel describes Satan as an exceedingly beautiful angel.
And serpents and dragons are sometimes grouped together, as happens in Revelation. However, showing the devil with horns seems to have developed from images of pagan gods with horns. For example, many Egyptian deities had horns, such as Hathor the cow-headed goddess.
And the same was true of the image of the Canaanite god Moloch, which the ancient Hebrews would have encountered in the Promised Land, also had horns. But probably the pagan god most resembling our image of Satan is the goat-horned and cloven hoofed Greek god of nature, Pan. Pan also had pointed ears and a goatee, as the devil is often depicted.
In fact, there was a shrine to Pan, called Banias, located on the slopes of Mount Hermon in northern Israel. A spring there is considered to be the headwaters of the River Jordan. Jesus and his disciples were travelling near there when they approached Caesarea Philippi as Peter was rebuked by Jesus after learning of the death Jesus was to suffer.
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