Karmic tail 15 — The Devil

Past-life image

Past-life image: a person connected with money, power, seduction, manipulation, dark practices or vices. They knew how to attract people and money but used this for their own gain.

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 15 in the karmic tail shows up today

Today it shows up as a tendency toward addictions — to people, alcohol, gambling, money, sweets — and toward manipulation. The person is drawn to “bad” partners and to the forbidden; relationships are full of passion and control.

Signs the lesson hasn’t been learned yet:

• Addictive or codependent relationships.
• A pull toward the forbidden and toward risk.
• A knack for manipulation that does harm.
• Money comes quickly and leaves just as quickly.

How to work through Arcana 15 in the tail

• Give up addictions by honestly admitting them.
• Channel your charisma into sales, business, public speaking, show business.
• Don’t enter relationships for gain.
• Keep to strict honesty in business.

In its positive expression, Arcana 15 gives: charisma, influence, enterprise, the ability to make money and enjoy life.

15 in a couple’s karmic tail

In a couple’s tail, 15 means a passionate but dependent relationship: it’s important to preserve each partner’s freedom and not to use your partner.

Karmic tails with Arcana 15

A tail is made of three numbers, and 15 can stand in any of the positions. In the matrices of people born between 1945 and 2024, 15 appears in these combinations:

• 15-20-5 “Family Grievance and Temptation”: 15 at the root of the tail; found in 9.5% of people.
• 15-5-8 “The Dishonest Judge”: 15 at the root of the tail; found in 8.4% of people.
• 15-8-11 “Strength Outside the Law”: 15 at the root of the tail; found in 3.8% of people.
• 9-15-6 “Loneliness Through Passion”: 15 in the middle of the tail; found in 3.5% of people.
• 18-6-15 “Fatal Passion”: 15 at the outer point; found in 1.9% of people.

Arcana 15 in other points of the matrix

Besides the tail, Arcana 15 can appear in personal qualities, talents, money or purpose. Read more on the page “Arcana 15 in the destiny matrix — The Devil”; for the card’s meaning in spreads, see The Devil 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 · 10 — Wheel of Fortune · 11 — Strength · 12 — The Hanged Man · 13 — Death · 14 — Temperance · 16 — The Tower · 17 — The Star · 18 — The Moon · 19 — The Sun · 20 — Judgement · 21 — The World · 22 — The Fool