01/17/2026
Did you know there is a structured way to choose a card of the year? Instead of using a card pull to set the theme for 2026 try this on January 18th. On the first new moon of 2026 use your birthday to determine which of the major arcana you will carry with you throughout the year.
Through the course of the year you can lean into the energy of the major arcana, use it to interpret, inspire, and guide your actions.
The numerology method requires adding your birth day and month to the current year, then adding those numbers together and reducing the result to a number between 1 and 22. That number corresponds to the Major Arcana card that will govern your year.
So if you were born on May 27th, it looks like this:
5 + 27 + 2026 = 2058
2 + 5 + 8 = 15
Card number 15? That's The Devil.
Don't worry if you got 15. It doesn't mean a year of evil and chaos. The devil is one of the commonly misinterpreted tarot cards. So what does it mean?
🔥 Tarot Card XV — The Devil
🌑 Core Themes
Shadow work
Attachment, patterns, habits
Power dynamics
Desire, temptation, intensity
Illusions of limitation
Reclaiming sovereignty
Breaking unconscious contracts
This card is rarely about “evil.” It’s about what binds you, and more importantly, what you’re ready to unbind yourself from.
The Devil represents:
- Conditioning
- Old roles you’ve outgrown
- Internalized expectations
- Emotional contracts that no longer serve
- The parts of you that feel “stuck” but are actually ready to transform
It’s the moment you realize the chains around your ankles are loose — you can step out of them anytime.
Spiritually, this card is about:
- Shadow integration
- Owning your desires
- Reclaiming your energy from people or patterns
- Seeing through illusions
- Choosing authenticity over appeasement
It’s a threshold card — a call to step into your full, unfiltered self.
Illusions fall away. You see what’s yours and what never was. A relational dynamic, a caretaking role, or an identity that once felt safe is dissolving. You’re no longer willing to shrink, soften, or contort yourself to maintain harmony.
Carrying the Devil card will bring transformation through clarity, not chaos.
What card are you carrying into 2026?