Osho Zen
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 01 Dec 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Shapeshifter |
01 Dec 2003 |
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Can Osho Zen be considered as Tarot???
I heard that u can know nothing about Tarot and still use Osho Zen.......what kind of cards are they?
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| cjtarot |
01 Dec 2003 |
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Hi,
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this deck, but I don't read it like a traditional tarot. This deck is reserved for spiritual/emotional growth..either mine or the person I am reading for. It hits home....
It is very beautiful....at least to me..
SO..on the fence I stay..But I tell you, it's an important part of my collection (I have a collection..wow..this is the 1st time I typed that one)...
Blessings,
Cj
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| firestorm |
01 Dec 2003 |
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I use this as a spiritual growth deck, too. It's kind of hard not to....at least for me, the cards focus on the reader. The art is excellent and it always knows exactly what I need to hear. ;-)
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| Rusty Neon |
01 Dec 2003 |
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- The Osho Zen Tarot is still a tarot deck in my view, despite its being post-modern, post-RWS.
- It is definitely RWS-based and its cards (except the courts) can generally be correlated with RWS meanings. However, the spin taken by the OZT on the various cards is just one aspect or nuance of the RWS, so it is limiting that way.
- Of all the OZT cards, I enjoy the court cards the most - although there is least correlation between them and the RWS/GD tradition. I love the imaginative keywords for them, which would make could keywords for the court cards even if you use the RWS or RWS clone.
- There is less archetypal variety in the OZT than in the RWS.
- By their nature, the OZT's keywords end up being most useful for spiritual/mood readings, although the keywords can, with varying degrees of effort, be stretched to cover most all major situations.
- I find that it takes too much effort or, at the very least, distracting, to use this as an RWS clone, and so, when using the OZT, I end up using the printed keywords and doing word-associations/synonyms -- like people do with Etteilla decks.
- Some of the cards in the OZT are among my favourites of all tarot cards - the energy, the colour.
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| Simone |
02 Dec 2003 |
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I've never thought about my Osho Zen being Tarot... I've always considered it as a wonderful :) :) way to look at my spiritual state of mind - or rather, soul, of the moment. Like cjtarot says, "it hits home". Most of the time I just feel that the message is exactly right and what I need (if not always what I want) to hear ;).
Reading this thread makes me realise though that it's been aaaages I haven't looked at it. I'll take it out immediately again, it will do me some good ;)
Thanks for this thread!
Light and Love
Simone
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| 13thFaeChylde |
04 Dec 2003 |
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I'm getting the Osho Zen from faunabay (thanks!!) and cannot wait to get acquainted with these cards! I think they have a lot to tell me about me.
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| TemperanceAngel |
04 Dec 2003 |
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This deck has grabbed my attention of recent........
XTAX
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| Marion |
05 Dec 2003 |
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Rusty Neon summed it up well.
It is a very post-modern tarot, and very slanted to one worldview. It is an intensely spiritual deck and not that great at worldly type questions imo. It is perfect for self awareness type spreads.
Personally I generally use it for smaller spreads and meditation.
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| Emily |
05 Dec 2003 |
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I'm finding my Osho Zen to be most helpful in finding guidance usually for the day or week ahead. Sometimes the reading of just one card can be enough, looking at the card then reading the book, from the book set, then seeing what the newer book has to say. The second book isn't like a traditional tarot book, reading it gives you a feeling of being talked to but by a wiseman lol. This book might not be to everyones taste but I'm finding it very uplifting.
I'm still not sure of whether this is an oracle deck and not tarot, I'm using it like my other oracles, I'm not doing spreads with it just taking one or two cards at a time, it really reminds me of the I Ching. Whichever category it falls under it is a very beautiful and spiritually uplifting deck to use, I still don't think I could use it for other people, its turning into a very personal deck. :)
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| Imagemaker |
17 Dec 2003 |
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This was the first deck I bought after the Rider Waite, because of the art and because I'd read many of Osho's books.
I use it for spiritual guidance or for raising my awareness of a person's intent behind daily actions. For "What does the soul/spirit want?" types of questions.
Just looking at the cards makes me feel more clear about consciousness. the same artist has now done a set of I Ching cards that are "nearly" as beautiful--less intensely colored--64 gorgeous works of art!
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| paradoxx |
21 Dec 2003 |
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I do consider this a tarot deck with one extra card. It corresponds to the 4 suits with elemental association and a set of 22 major arcania + 1 Master Card. Its a Tarot deck in its formula, but i do understand that many people have different requirements of what a "tarot" deck is.
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| BlueLotus |
21 Dec 2003 |
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Sometimes, extremely beautiful decks are not made for readings, as in tarot .
This is one of them, and although I love this deck to pieces, I find it hard to concentrate on any spread, or a reading per ce- other than 1-3 card reading/s- as the art on these cards distract me from forming an accurate view and anticipate a probable outcome for any given inquiry at the time.
But they are great for meditation purposes, and for lifting the spirits. Even the ones with some gloomy or negative meanings still make me feel part of the intended message, and give me hope and inspiration anyway.....
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The Osho Zen thread was originally posted on 01 Dec 2003 in the Tarot Decks board, and is now archived in the Forum Library. Read the active threads in Tarot Decks, or read more archived threads.
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