Inspiration

OSHO ZEN TAROT - Transformation

Deus Ex Machina

It was almost poetic when I drew the Transformation card on February 14, 2025—the very day I decided to create these pages, the home of DEX Publishing. In traditional Tarot, you may know this as the Death card. And right now, it couldn’t be more fitting.

The old version of me is fading, and in its place, something new is emerging. To create, we must first let go. In order for the new to be born, the old self must die. And what is writing, if not a process of transformation? Building this site, launching my debut novel—Starlight Unbound—has been a cycle of death and rebirth, a shedding of what was to make way for what will be.

This isn’t an ending; it’s an evolution. If you feel like a part of you is dying, know that something within you is being born—something that has never existed before.

Embrace the change.

OSHO ZEN TAROT - Transformation

The central figure in this card sits atop the vast flower of the void, and holds the symbols of transformation - the sword that cuts through illusion, the snake that rejuvenates itself by shedding its skin, the broken chain of limitations, and the yin/yang symbol of transcending duality. One of its hands rests on its lap, open and receptive. The other reaches down to touch the mouth of a sleeping face, symbolizing the silence that comes when we are at rest.

This is a time for a deep let-go. Allow any pain, sorrow, or difficulty just to be there, accepting its "facticity." It is very much like the experience of Gautam Buddha when, after years of seeking, he finally gave up, knowing there was nothing more that he could do. That very night, he became enlightened.

Transformation comes, like death, in its own time. And, like death, it takes you from one dimension into another.

See you soon!

DEUS EX MACHINA PUBLISHING

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