Meaning of Conditioning in the Osho Zen Tarot

Card No. 15

Very close to the Rebel card, the Conditioning card is not so far removed either from the Devil of the Tarot of Marseille. Without being a negative card, it never really announces anything good, because it lets us know that what we may have believed until now could turn out to be false. On the initiatory journey of the Fool character, the Conditioning card warns him that he could well be suddenly disappointed at having built up so many illusions about the things of life, because appearances are more deceptive than they seem.

The Conditioning card depicts a Lion in the middle of a flock of sheep. While the sheep drawn there seem quite content with their living conditions, the lion, for his part, looks more than downcast, all the more so as he carries one of the sheep on his back, chained to it by the feet. Given his disapproving gaze, one imagines that he dreams of only one thing: being somewhere else.

During a divinatory reading, the Conditioning card announces that we have gone wrong somewhere. That we thought we were doing the right thing by following a few directives given in advance, but that it was a gross mistake, which will now have to be put right as best we can.

Keywords: Influence, Imposing, Individuality, Slave, Freedom, Identity

❤️ The Conditioning card in Love ❤️

You are in a relationship

If it came out in your reading, the Conditioning card would tell you that you have been taken in by your partner or by someone who claimed to be your friend for life and in whom you placed all your trust. In any case, you will have to do a big clear-out around you, because the disillusionment is going to be great.

But what matters is that you are able to realise right now what your mistakes are, before it is too late to put things back in order in your emotional relationships.

You are single

You are being made to believe things that turn out to be more than false and into which you would have given so much, before you notice the deception. Certain people around you have harmed your chances of finding the path to a new love relationship.

Out of jealousy, malice, or quite simply for the pleasure of the mere fact of being able to control you. Do not let it happen any longer and take back control of your situation as a single person in search of love.

🍏 The Conditioning card in Health 🍏

Without being too pessimistic, you will have to change doctor or, at the very least, get a second medical opinion before embarking on a new treatment or an operation. The card is indeed telling you that someone is trying to take advantage of your trust.

🧘 Spiritual interpretation of the Conditioning card 🧘

A Buddhist legend tells the story of a lion who had lived for so many years among a flock of sheep. Without being truly unhappy, the lion lived out his destiny without taking much pleasure in it, unlike the sheep who delighted in living packed tightly together.

One fine day, an old lion passing by made him look at his own reflection in a pool of water. In a flash, he understood who he really was and was able to recover his freedom as well as his individuality.

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