When
all life long, more noticeably around age 60
Karmic tails in the Destiny Matrix
The karmic tail is the script you replay without having chosen it: an old habit that your present life can rewrite.
The essentials
Karmic tails at a glance
- When
- all life long, more noticeably around age 60
- Karmic tail
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By Thomas Guilhot · updated
karmic tails: what it refers to
The karmic tail brings together the three energies at the bottom of the matrix, at points d1, d2, and d, the last being the life lesson.
Read together, they tell a story: that of a past life, an image that helps name a pattern repeating today in love, at work, or in the family. There are twenty-six combinations, and each matrix carries just one. Its page describes this script, its signals, and the way out of it.
The calculation, step by step
Start with the date.
The day gives a, the month b, the year c; any total above 22 is reduced to the sum of its digits. Fictional example, March 14, 1987: a = 14, b = 3, c = 1 + 9 + 8 + 7 = 25, reduced to 7. The life lesson d = 14 + 3 + 7 = 24, reduced to 6. The center e = 14 + 3 + 7 + 6 = 30, reduced to 3. Then d1 = d + e = 9, and d2 = d + d1 = 15. The tail reads from top to bottom: 9-15-6. Its name: “World of passions and tales.”
A symbolic reading of the Destiny Matrix: food for thought about yourself, never a verdict or an established fact.
Karmic tails: the 22 energies
Karmic tail 18-6-6: Love magic
Love does not need to be wrested or to please at all costs: it is built when you hold yourself worthy of being chosen.Karmic tail 18-9-9: Magician withdrawn from the world
Precious knowledge that only takes on meaning once shared: leaving your retreat to put it at the service of others.Karmic tail 9-18-9: Magical sacrifice
A keen sensitivity to influences, which becomes a strength once you learn to choose what you let in.Karmic tail 9-9-18: Magical knowledge
Knowledge and intuition that wait for only one thing: that you dare to use them and decide for yourself, without fearing error.Karmic tail 15-20-5: Rebel
A fierce independence, born of a home with loosened ties, which becomes a strength once it also knows how to bring people together.Karmic tail 15-5-8: Betrayal, passions in the family
A cycle of temptations and broken commitments that can stop once you choose to keep your word, first to yourself.Karmic tail 18-3-12: Suffering of the body
A strong attention to the body, which eases when you learn to listen to it gently rather than anxiously.Karmic tail 9-15-6: World of passions and tales
A heart that chases the spark and discovers, by staying, that the rarest intensity is the one of a bond you deepen.Karmic tail 6-17-11: Buried talent
A very real talent, held in reserve by an inherited caution, which only asks for permission to show itself.Karmic tail 12-19-7: Warrior
A peaceful temperament that life often challenges, and that finds victory in clarity rather than in combat.Karmic tail 9-12-3: Lonely heart
A capacity to love that first waits to be directed toward yourself: the relationship that lasts begins with the friendship you hold for yourself.Karmic tail 3-22-19: Unborn child
An impatience to live fully, which eases once you allow yourself to grow at your own pace and take your place.Karmic tail 21-4-10: Oppressed soul
A personality that long stood behind others’ authority, and that discovers the freedom of daring to say what it wants.Karmic tail 12-16-4: Emperor
A reflex to direct everything, inherited from an old authority, which eases the day you taste the freedom of no longer carrying it all.Karmic tail 21-10-16: Priest
An inner knowledge ahead of its time, which becomes a strength only once it is owned, shown, and passed on to whoever needs it.Karmic tail 6-8-20: Disappointing the lineage
A wish to do your family proud that relaxes the day you understand you have a right to their affection without earning it.Karmic tail 3-7-22: Imprisoned soul
Very real limits that stop weighing on you when you make inner freedom the first space you claim.Karmic tail 9-3-21: Jailer
A generosity that can become a leash, and regains its true value when it gives without expecting anything in return.Karmic tail 6-5-17: Pride
A need for quick recognition that eases when each step is earned at its own pace and you stop measuring yourself against others.Karmic tail 21-7-13: The rescuer
A life turned toward others, which finds its balance when help respects everyone’s pace, your own included.Karmic tail 15-8-11: Aggressiveness
An immense inner strength that flourishes when it chooses flexibility and negotiation over a power struggle.Karmic tail 18-6-15: Misused power
A flair for what is hidden and a taste for acting on others, which gain power when you learn to stop meddling.Karmic tail 6-20-14: Sacrificed soul
A luck that seems to smooth everything, and that takes root when you learn to give thanks, to measure, and to give wisely.Karmic tail 21-10-7: Warrior of faith
A conviction that wants to win over the world, and finds its true strength the day it lets everyone believe differently.Karmic tail 3-13-10: The zest for life
A fragile relationship with existence that brightens when you savor the moment, look for the way out, and dare to ask for help.Karmic tail 6-14-8: Dictator
A considerable influence, often exercised behind the scenes, which turns beneficial when pride gives way to listening to others.
Frequently asked questions: karmic tails
Is a karmic tail a punishment?
No. Here the word karma is an image, not a debt to repay. The tail describes a slope: a way of reacting learned long ago, which keeps coming back as long as it goes unnoticed. Recognizing it is often enough to change your response. No one is condemned by their combination, and each one also carries a quality forged by that experience.
Can two people close to each other have the same karmic tail?
Yes, and it is common: the most frequent combinations turn up in nearly one person in ten. Sharing a tail does not mean living the same thing. In a couple or a family, it is more of an opportunity to talk: each person recognizes the pattern in the other before seeing it in themselves, and you can help each other move beyond it.
How is it different from the karmic lesson?
The karmic lesson is point d alone, the last energy of the tail: what life asks you to learn. The tail adds the two energies placed above it, and tells, according to the method, where this lesson comes from. The lesson names the goal; the tail shows the path by which you return to it, and why that path tends to repeat.