Osho zen tarot card meanings
The Osho Zen Tarot is classified as a Tarot deck as it contains the requisite elements to be classified as such: it has Major Arcana, Minor Arcana Suits with Ace-10, and Court Cards corresponding to each suit. Due to the design they are not reversible, but it is not as obvious as the backs of many decks out there with non-reversible backs. The backs of the cards are done with water color circles in oranges, ocre, yellow, olive green, pale blue bleeding together, with three black lines running the length of the card and more abstract black lines running through those three lines. The card titles are on the bottom ¾” black border in white easy to read block letters. The card images have a very thin white frame around them and at the bottom center of the card image, half on the image and half in the black ¾” bottom border, is a color-coded diamond with the number or court card symbol for the card. The cards measure approximately 4.25” X 2.75" and have a 1/8” black border on the top and sides and ¾” at the bottom. I am not overly fussy about card stock, so I have no problem with it. The cards seem quite durable as I have had my set for years, and riffle shuffled them without scuffs or other problems. The card stock is on par with Llewellyn and US Games decks, and flexible enough to riffle shuffle with ease. Equal attention was dedicated art-wise to the Major and Minor Arcana. A variety of art styles have been used throughout the deck some are cartoony, some are gorgeous flowing water color paintings, and others are very geometric and contemporary, however they all work so well together that the deck remains cohesive. This is a deck I could sit and look at for hours on end and never get bored. The colors are so vivid and the imagery is very thought provoking. It is evocative, draws you in, and really sparks the imagination.
The art in the Osho Zen Tarot is simply gorgeous. I am simply not as enlightened as I would like to think I am, most of us are not Zen Masters, much less Buddahs, and many of us know next to nothing about Zen. If you elevate life to the Zen Master or Buddah level it is no longer life as we know and experience it and perhaps that is where I get all bogged down trying to use this deck as a Tarot deck. The goal of Zen is enlightenment and transcendence, the goal of the Tarot is to provide insight, answers and advice regarding the mundane, though it is also a tool for personal transformation and spiritual growth. The more I think about this deck, and I will confess it has taken me the better part of three months to write this review, I believe it has to do with blending Zen with Tarot.
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This is a well-loved deck by many, but I know from reading some Aeclectic Tarot and TT&M forum posts, as well as some conversations with a few members from these forums that I am not the only one that is not sure how to classify it. It has less to do with it being a non-traditional deck and more to do with how it feels when I read with it. Honestly, I am not sure if I will ever fully answer that question for myself. That is the million-dollar question I ask myself every time I pull out this deck. I have to admit that after all these years I am still not sure how to classify this deck, as a Tarot or an Oracle. I am one of those people that goes all googly-eyed when I see bright jewel toned colored decks so of course I had to have it. The Osho Zen Tarot – Transcendental Game of Zen, created by Ma Deva Padma, was published by St. Osho Zen Tarot - The Transcendental Game of Zen