Tarot cards and Zen cards

As the saying goes, "it's easier to spread divination than to break it."

Because the process of breaking a career will definitely involve the principle of divination. There must be a set of systematic background knowledge behind any breakup system. If the occupier is not familiar with the system and lacks a deep understanding, it will be very difficult to break it. The Book of Changes is like this, and so is Tarot.

Therefore, this paper hopes to compare tarot cards and Zen cards from a systematic perspective. And the scope of comparison is limited to the scope of big names.

The author first came into contact with tarot cards, and Zen cards recently began to learn and understand. Therefore, in the process of comparison, the perspective will often start with tarot cards. Please correct me if there is anything wrong.

Tarot and Zen cards have 22 big names.

Above are 22 big cards of Tarot, and below are 22 big cards of Zen.

Tarot's 22 famous brands tell the whole process from birth to completion of life exploration. There are 22 important stages in this process, starting with the fool with the number 0 and ending with the world card with the number 2 1. They represent:

Birth stage: express birth with "fool";

Childhood: expressing creation with "magician"; Use "priestess" to express the germination of self-consciousness; Use "queen" to express the connection with mother's negative power; Use "Wang" to express the connection with father's positive strength; Use the pope to mean "receive education";

Adolescence: expressing sexual relations with "lovers"; Express the maturity of self-consciousness with "chariot"; Use "strength" to express self-strength; Use "hermit" to express the mission of seeking;

Maturity: express transformation with "wheel of destiny"; Use "justice" to express rules; Stop and think with the expression of "upside down"; Use "death" to express the end and new beginning; Use the "golden mean" to express balance and moderation;

Enlightenment period: expressing material desire with "devil"; Use "tower" to express the collapse of the material world; Use "stars" to express hope and the beginning of a new journey; Use "moon" to express the road of inner exploration; Express true freedom with "the sun"; Express a new life and a new beginning with "the last judgment"; Express a happy ending with "the world".

In Campbell's Hero's Journey (note: Hero's Journey was rated as one of the most influential books in the 20th century by Time magazine), it is a must-read book in Hollywood, USA. The hero journey model extracted from the book has influenced many movies, including Star Wars, The Matrix and even Kung Fu Panda, describing how a hero gradually evolved into a real hero. Many of these steps are similar to the journey described by the 22 big cards of Tarot.

This is the big card system behind tarot cards. After reading this system, let's look at Osho Zen Card.

The 22 big names of Zen cards, from the "fool" of the number 0 to the "completion" of the number 2 1, are also a complete enlightenment process. Many cards are expressed by Zen, which is different from tarot cards. This is well understood from Osho's background.

But if you look closely, all 22 big names are telling the same story. In particular, many cards have basically the same meaning.

Exactly the same (including location and meaning):

0: One is a fool and the other is a fool.

Second: one is the inner voice, and the other is the priestess.

Sixth: both of them are lovers.

Eighth: Both are courage.

9th: One is a lone ranger and the other is a hermit.

Number plate 10: one is change, and the other is the wheel of destiny.

Number plate 14: one is integration and the other is moderation.

Number plate 15: one is the restriction and the other is the devil.

Number plate 16: one is lightning and the other is a tower.

Number plate 17: one is tranquility and the other is stars.

Number plate 18: one is past life and the other is the moon.

Number plate 19: one is innocence and the other is the sun.

20th: One is transcendence and the other is final judgment.

Number plate 2 1: one is completion and the other is the world.

Part of the same: (the basic meaning is the same, the position is the same or different)

Express creativity: Tarot is "magician" in 1 and Zen card is "creativity" in 3.

Express self-awareness: Tarot is in the seventh chariot, and Zen is in the fourth rebel.

Different parts: (from the perspective of tarot cards, new elements in Zen cards)

License plate number 1: exists.

Fifth: empty.

Seventh: Consciousness

Number plate 1 1: Breakthrough

License Plate 12: A New View

License plate number 13: deformation

These six cards should be the six elements that Osho needs to mention in the process of meditation. It is also the six elements that were not in the original tarot card system. Among them, the number plate 1 1 and 12, the meanings of these two cards coincide with the tarot number plate 13.

What I want to mention here is card 5. This card is dark and the name is empty. Here, I want to quote a heart sutra to explain this card, which is also the end of this shallow comparative text about "Tarot Card and Zen Card". I also hope that friends who are interested in tarot cards and Zen cards can play a role in attracting jade:

"View at home bodhisattva, deep prajna paramita, see five aggregates are empty, all kinds of distress.

Buddhist relics, color is empty, empty is color, color is empty, empty is color, and it is the same when you think about it.

The relic is the empty phase of all laws, which is neither born nor destroyed, neither polluted nor clean, nor increased or decreased.

Therefore, there is no color, no thought, no body and mind, no sound, no fragrance, no touch, no vision, even no conscious world, no ignorance, no ignorance and no old age in the air.

Without suffering, Tao will be destroyed, without wisdom, there will be no gain.

Nothing. "