Ma Prem Usha
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Ma Prem Usha (November 3, 1937 – July 17, 2008) was an Indian tarot card reader and columnist.[1] Usha, who was well known as a clairvoyant and fortune-teller both inside Indian and abroad, travelled extensively to read her tarot cards.[1]
Biography
[edit]Ma Prem Usha was a graduate of Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India.[2] It was during the 1970s that Usha was initiated into the order of Zen mystic, Osho, an Indian guru.[1] She remained a follower and devotee of the teachings of Osho for over 30 years until her death in 2008.[1]
Usha and a daughter often travelled together for tarot readings throughout the world.[2][3]
Usha and her granddaughter, Amira Sultan Kapoor, who is a sculptor and painter, created a new deck of tarot cards called the Saakshi Tarot Deck which is based on symbology, Indian mythology and the five elements of nature (wood, fire, earth, metal and water).[1]
Ma Prem Usha died on July 17, 2008, in New Delhi, India at the age of 70.[1] She was survived by her husband, Lt. Col Raj Kumar Kapoor, a son, Milin Kapoor, and three daughters, Ma Prem Ritambhara (Ritambhara Dewan), Sonia Pillai, and Anjali Kapoor Ben-Sarfaradz. Cremated on the day of her death, her ashes were taken to Haridwar, by her husband and a daughter, and placed into the Ganges river.[1]
Author
[edit]Consulted and interviewed extensively by Indian and international publications on her predictions, Usha contributed weekly astrological writings and predictions to several major Indian newspapers, periodicals and websites.[1] Her writings often touched on a wide variety of subjects including health, food, politics, fashion and people.[1] She also authored 12 books on the twelve signs of the zodiac.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Tarot card reader Ma Prem Usha dead". Indo-Asian News Service. The All India News. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-08-12.Archived 2023-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Lal, Neeta (2008-07-25). "Cashing in on Clairvoyance". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "Otoons - Osho Comics & Cartoons - Death - xxx". www.otoons.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2021-02-15.