What happened in a past life
In a past life you worked in a prison or served as a warden. You took pleasure in restricting other people's freedom, used psychological and physical pressure, and had no respect for their boundaries or their right to choose.
Another book links this key to the 21st arcanum, the planetary energy of the Mother of the World, and to the world's cultures, spiritual traditions and healing systems. You may have been a teacher, a world leader, a healer or a military commander with power, high status and a love of travel. Your experience is tied to natural disasters and global upheaval, including the decline of civilisations and world wars.
The arcana of the 9-3-21 tail
The tail is read from the centre of the chart to its edge. Each of the three numbers is an arcana with its own meaning.
Arcana 9 in the Destiny Matrix: The Hermit
Closest to the centre: how the lesson shows in character
Arcana 9 in the Destiny Matrix, The Hermit: innate wisdom, self-sufficiency, the power of solitude and a gift for healing with words.
Arcana 3 in the Destiny Matrix: The Empress
In the middle: how the lesson shows in events
Arcana 3 in the Destiny Matrix, The Empress: feminine energy of fertility, abundance and power, home, children, status and material wealth.
Arcana 21 in the Destiny Matrix: The World
Point D: the karmic task itself
Arcana 21 in the Destiny Matrix, The World: peacemaking, global thinking, going beyond limits, foreign countries, languages and travel.
Where to start
- Your main task is to grow spiritually, not only materially, and stop repeating the mistakes of the past. Let go of pressure, control and restricting other people's freedom, and recognise their right to independence. Be an equal in relationships.
How this tail shows in your own chart
The full reading reads the tail with your whole chart: how it shows in money and relationships, its minus, all the advice for working through it and the family programs next to it.
How this code comes about
The third number is point D (the sum of the day, month and year of birth), here 21. The first number is D + the centre of the chart, here 9; the second is D + the first number, here 3. That gives the code 9-3-21.
Other karmic tails
Questions people ask
What does the 9-3-21 karmic tail mean?
The 9-3-21 tail is called "The Warden". It describes a lesson the soul brought from past experience that keeps repeating until it is learned. The meaning of its three arcana and the first steps are on this page.
How do I know if I have the 9-3-21 karmic tail?
Calculate your Destiny Matrix chart from your date of birth. If the line from the centre to point D holds 9, 3, 21, this is your tail.
Can the 9-3-21 karmic tail be worked through?
Yes: the tail shows a repeating scenario, not a sentence. Once a person sees it and lives the tail's energies in their plus, the lesson closes. The full plan, read with the whole chart, is in the full reading.
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The calculator works in your browser and shows every step. The formulas were checked against six books and tested on the worked examples of four of them. Where authors calculate differently we use the version most of them share. The readings are written from the same books.