Karmic tail 10 — Wheel of Fortune

Past-life image

Past-life image: a gambler, an adventurer or someone whose life depended on chance; perhaps they took someone else’s luck for themselves or let their own chance slip away out of fear.

In the destiny matrix, the karmic tail describes a scenario a person brings with them and tends to repeat until they become aware of it. “Past life” here is an image that helps you see this scenario.

How 10 in the karmic tail shows up today

Today it shows up as a feast-or-famine life, a habit of waiting for the right moment, gambling addiction, reckless decisions about money. Or the opposite: the person fears change and clings to a stability that no longer works.

Signs the lesson hasn’t been learned yet:

• Cycles of ups and downs with money.
• Gambling, lotteries, risky investments.
• Fear of change and missed opportunities.
• A feeling that nothing depends on you.

How to work through Arcana 10 in the tail

• Act instead of waiting for the right moment.
• Track your cycles and plan around them.
• Be grateful for what you already have — it opens up a new flow.
• Travel and change plans easily.

In its positive expression, Arcana 10 gives: luck, flexibility, optimism, the ability to seize a chance. Life is full of opportunities.

10 in a couple’s karmic tail

In a couple’s tail, 10 is a lesson in going through change together: the relationship survives downturns as long as the partners don’t blame each other for failures.

Karmic tails with Arcana 10

A tail is made of three numbers, and 10 can stand in any of the positions. In the matrices of people born between 1945 and 2024, 10 appears in these combinations:

• 21-4-10 “Power That Lost Its Freedom”: 10 at the outer point; found in 7.7% of people.
• 21-10-16 “Collapse and Freedom”: 10 in the middle of the tail; found in 2.2% of people.
• 3-13-10 “Lost Prosperity”: 10 at the outer point; found in 0.5% of people.
• 21-10-7 “The Road Beyond the Horizon”: 10 in the middle of the tail; found in 0.4% of people.

Arcana 10 in other points of the matrix

Besides the tail, Arcana 10 can appear in personal qualities, talents, money or purpose. Read more on the page “Arcana 10 in the destiny matrix — Wheel of Fortune”; for the card’s meaning in spreads, see Wheel of Fortune in tarot.

Other arcana in the karmic tail

3 — The Empress · 4 — The Emperor · 5 — The Hierophant · 6 — The Lovers · 7 — The Chariot · 8 — Justice · 9 — The Hermit · 11 — Strength · 12 — The Hanged Man · 13 — Death · 14 — Temperance · 15 — The Devil · 16 — The Tower · 17 — The Star · 18 — The Moon · 19 — The Sun · 20 — Judgement · 21 — The World · 22 — The Fool