Energy 15: The Devil in the Destiny Matrix

In the Destiny Matrix, energy 15 is the Devil. It sounds ominous, but the card is not about evil. It stands for desire, attachment, magnetism and the material world, with all their pleasures and their traps. A strong 15 in a chart often belongs to someone with a powerful presence, strong appetites and a gift for drawing people and money toward them.

The tarot card shows a horned figure above two chained people. Look closely and the chains are loose; they could take them off. The picture says that we are bound by what we hold on to, and that the binding is often a choice. This is the heart of energy 15.

Strengths of energy 15

The Devil is charismatic and sensual. It enjoys life, understands desire and knows how to make something attractive. It often has a talent for business, persuasion and the physical world.

• Attracting attention, people and resources
• Enjoying life fully and with humor
• Understanding what people really want
• Succeeding in the material world

The shadow side

Desire can become dependence. When the 15 is out of balance it clings to a person, a habit or a substance, uses charm to manipulate or lets money and status run the show. It may feel trapped and not see that the chain is loose.

• Staying in a relationship or habit that is harmful
• Using attraction to control
• Chasing more and never feeling satisfied
• Hiding shame behind confidence

Energy 15 in relationships

A 15 brings intensity and passion to love. Partners may feel strongly drawn and sometimes consumed. The lesson in love is to choose a partner freely and not out of need, to be honest about desire and jealousy, and to allow another person to be free.

Energy 15 and money

The Devil has a strong relationship with money: it attracts it and it can be ruled by it. Sales, entrepreneurship, luxury, entertainment and any field where desire matters suit this energy. The money lesson of the 15 is to enjoy wealth without letting it define you, and to build a relationship with money that is clear and honest. This is not financial advice, only a description of the energy.

Energy 15 in each position of your chart

• As your personality, you seem magnetic and bold. People notice you when you walk in.
• As your talent, you were born with charm and a gift for the physical world, for attraction and for business.
• As your material task, you learn about work and money by dealing with desire and attachment.
• As your karmic task, the lesson is to recognize what you are bound to and to choose freely.
• As your core, you feel at home in passion, pleasure and material ease.
• In your karmic tail, there is an old pattern of dependence, obsession or control. Practice means freedom and honesty.
• As your love line, you need passion and honesty, and a partner who is free as well.
• As your money channel, income flows with your drive. Keep your relationship to money clear.

Energy 15 as your purpose by age

• As your personal purpose, from about 20 to 40, you explore desire and ambition and learn what truly matters.
• As your social purpose, from 40 to 60, you use influence and resources wisely, for yourself and for others.
• As your spiritual purpose, after 60, you let go of old attachments and find freedom.

Signs it is in balance, and signs it is not

• In balance: you enjoy pleasure and you can do without it.
• In balance: you are honest about what you want.
• Out of balance: you feel unable to leave a person, habit or job.
• Out of balance: you chase more and feel empty.

How to work with energy 15

• Name one thing you feel you cannot give up, and ask what you are really getting from it.
• Go a week without one habit and observe what comes up.
• Say out loud one desire you usually hide.
• Share some of your resources, time or attention freely.

To see where the Devil sits in your own chart, calculate your Destiny Matrix. The energy that follows is the Tower, which breaks what has become a trap.