I love the water and I love the practice of aquatic bodywork. So, I'm inspired that this card turned up in an online spread using my favorite Osho Zen Tarot deck today. It is from the suit of Water (also Cups and Hearts in other decks). You can experience this deck for yourself by going here.
I like to also look up drawn cards that especially call to me in other decks, like the Inner Child cards (by astrologer Isha Lerner). This one speaks to my heart, which dreams of my own pool and practice again. For the Ace of Hearts the commentary says:
This card affirms that a new opportunity in the realm of love is rising out of the depths of the past, symbolized by the ocean. This new love may be a person, an idea, the realization of a dream, or a new creative endeavor.
How about you?
Description of the card shown above from the guide accompanying the set ...
58. Going With The Flow
Ace of Water
When I say "become water" I mean become a flow; don't remain stagnant. Move, and move like water. Lao Tzu says: The way of the Tao is a watercourse way. It moves like water. What is the movement of water? or of a river? The movement has a few beautiful things about it. One, it always moves towards the depth, it always searches for the lowest ground. It is non-ambitious; it never hankers to be the first, it wants to be the last. Remember, Jesus says: Those who are the last here will be the first in my kingdom of God. He is talking about the watercourse way of Tao--not mentioning it, but talking about it. Be the last, be non-ambitious. Ambition means going uphill. Water goes down, it searches for the lowest ground, it wants to be a nonentity. It does not want to declare itself unique, exceptional, extraordinary. It has no ego idea.
Osho Take it Easy, Volume 1 Chapter 14
Commentary:
The figure in this card is completely relaxed and at ease in the water, letting it take him where it will. He has mastered the art of being passive and receptive without being dull or sleepy. He is just available to the currents of life, with never a thought of saying "I don't like that," or "I prefer to go the other way." Every moment in life we have a choice whether to enter life's waters and float, or to try to swim upstream. When this card appears in a reading it is an indication that you are able to float now, trusting that life will support you in your relaxation and take you exactly where it wants you to go. Allow this feeling of trust and relaxation to grow more and more; everything is happening exactly as it should.
