Karmic tail 6 — The Lovers

Past-life image

The past-life image: unhappy or forbidden love, betrayal, a love triangle, a loveless marriage of convenience. Perhaps the person broke someone’s heart, or gave up love themselves for the sake of duty.

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 that scenario.

How 6 in the karmic tail shows up today

Today it shows up as repeating patterns in relationships: unavailable partners, jealousy, fear of choosing, dependence on approval. A person may live for others and then feel hurt that nobody appreciates them.

Signs the lesson hasn’t been learned yet:

• Love triangles or emotionally cold partners.
• Agonizing over choices, even small ones.
• Dissolving into a partner and losing your own interests.
• Dissatisfaction with yourself and your appearance.

How to work through Arcana 6 in the tail

• Learn to love yourself: self-care, beauty, the right to say “no.”
• Make choices and take responsibility for them, without putting them off.
• Leave relationships where the feelings aren’t mutual.
• Surround yourself with beauty and with people who are easy to be around.

In its positive expression, Arcana 6 brings love, charm, and a feeling for beauty and harmony. The person draws people in and knows how to love.

6 in a couple’s karmic tail

In a couple’s tail, 6 is a lesson in faithfulness and honest choice: a couple is strong when each partner chooses the other every day, not out of habit.

Karmic tails with Arcana 6

A tail is made of three numbers, and 6 can stand in any of the positions. In the matrices of people born between 1945 and 2024, 6 appears in these combinations:

• 18-6-6 “Illusions in Love”: 6 in the middle of the tail and at the outer point; found in 5.8% of people.
• 6-17-11 “Strength Given Up for Love”: 6 at the root of the tail; found in 4.2% of people.
• 9-15-6 “Loneliness Through Passion”: 6 at the outer point; found in 3.5% of people.
• 6-8-20 “The Family’s Verdict on Love”: 6 at the root of the tail; found in 3.1% of people.
• 6-5-17 “A Star by Someone Else’s Rules”: 6 at the root of the tail; found in 2.5% of people.
• 18-6-15 “Fatal Passion”: 6 in the middle of the tail; found in 1.9% of people.
• 6-20-14 “Family Against Moderation”: 6 at the root of the tail; found in 1.6% of people.
• 6-14-8 “Justice in Love”: 6 at the root of the tail; found in 0.2% of people.

Arcana 6 in other points of the matrix

Besides the tail, Arcana 6 can appear in personal qualities, talents, money or purpose. Read more on the page “Arcana 6 in the destiny matrix — The Lovers”; for the card’s meaning in spreads, see The Lovers in tarot.

Other arcana in the karmic tail

3 — The Empress · 4 — The Emperor · 5 — The Hierophant · 7 — The Chariot · 8 — Justice · 9 — The Hermit · 10 — Wheel of Fortune · 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