Karmic tail 15-20-5 — “Family Grievance and Temptation”

What tail 15-20-5 is made of

A karmic tail is three numbers at the bottom of the destiny matrix. It is traditionally read from the center outward: 15 is the root, the deep cause; 20 is how the lesson shows up in life; 5 is the karmic task, the outer point a person runs into most often.

• 15 — The Devil, the root (closest to the center): temptation, addiction, attraction. What 15 means in a karmic tail →
• 20 — Judgement, the manifestation (the middle): the family line, family, forgiveness. What 20 means in a karmic tail →
• 5 — The Hierophant, the karmic task (the outer point): knowledge, the teacher, tradition. What 5 means in a karmic tail →

Image of the past

The Five on the outside speaks of a person of knowledge and tradition, the Twenty in the middle of a break with the family, and the Fifteen deep inside of the temptation that caused that break. The image of the past: a person broke the rules of their family or community for the sake of passion, money or power, and was left without the support of their loved ones.

The past-life image in the matrix is not a biographical fact but a metaphor: it makes it easier to understand which scenario a person tends to repeat and what they need to free themselves from.

How tail 15-20-5 shows up in life

Today it shows up as tension with parents, arguments about values, a feeling that “my family doesn’t accept me”. The Fifteen deep inside strengthens the pull toward the forbidden and toward easy money, and the Five strengthens the urge to prove you’re right.

How it shows up depends on whether the arcana are working in their positive or negative expression. What helps is whatever brings these arcana into the positive: studying systematically and finishing what you start learning, and channeling your charisma into sales, business, public speaking or performing.

How to work through a karmic tail

The main lesson is to make peace with your family line and find your own rules without compromising your honesty.

• Restore your connection with your family, at least through respect for its history.
• Learn and pass on knowledge, choosing your sources mindfully.
• Don’t enter into deals that require you to compromise your conscience.
• Create your own family traditions.

Tail 15-20-5 in compatibility

If the same tail appears in a couple’s matrix, the lesson becomes a shared one. In a couple’s tail, the Five calls for shared values and rules: the union is tested by respect for each other’s views and for each other’s families. The root of the tail, Arcana 15, hints at the deeper theme of the union: temptation, addiction, attraction.

You can calculate your couple’s karmic tail in the couple’s karmic tail calculator.

How common it is

We calculated the tails for every date from 1945 to 2024: the combination 15-20-5 comes up for 9.5% of dates, ranking 1st by frequency out of 26 possible combinations. For example, for people born on July 14, 1946, September 14, 1953, February 14, 1960, and June 14, 1974.

Other karmic tails

12-19-7 “The Warrior Who Sacrificed Joy” · 15-5-8 “The Dishonest Judge” · 18-9-9 “The Fearful Hermit” · 21-4-10 “Power That Lost Its Freedom” · 12-16-4 “The Builder Who Became a Victim” · 18-6-6 “Illusions in Love” · 6-17-11 “Strength Given Up for Love” · 18-3-12 “The Self-Sacrificing Mother” · 9-12-3 “The Lonely Homemaker” · 15-8-11 “Strength Outside the Law” · 9-15-6 “Loneliness Through Passion” · 3-7-22 “The Free Wanderer” · 9-3-21 “Wisdom Locked at Home” · 6-8-20 “The Family’s Verdict on Love” · 3-22-19 “The Carefree Sun” · 9-9-18 “The Mage in Fear” · 6-5-17 “A Star by Someone Else’s Rules” · 21-10-16 “Collapse and Freedom” · 21-7-13 “The Warrior of Change” · 18-6-15 “Fatal Passion” · 6-20-14 “Family Against Moderation” · 3-13-10 “Lost Prosperity” · 21-10-7 “The Road Beyond the Horizon” · 9-18-9 “Double Loneliness” · 6-14-8 “Justice in Love”