Ma Prem Usha

Ma Prem Usha (? - July 17, 2008) was a Indian tarot card reader and columnist. cite news |first=|last=|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=22da0323-cb75-4df5-af47-c18010ad41ed&&Headline=Tarot+card+reader+Ma+Prem+Usha+dead&strParent=strParentID|title=Tarot card reader Ma Prem Usha dead|work= Indo-Asian News Service |publisher=Hindustan Times|date=2008-07-17 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Usha, who was well known as a clairvoyant and fortune-teller both inside Indian and abroad, travelled extensively to read her tarot cards.

Usha was initiated into the order of Zen mystic, Osho, an Indian guru, during the 1970s. She remained a follower and devotee of the teachings of Osho for over thirty years, until her death in 2008. Ma Prem Usha was a graduate of Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India.

She was consulted and interviewed extensively by Indian and international publications on her predictions. She also contributed weekly astrological writings and predictions to several major Indian newspapers, periodicals and websites. Her writings often touched on a wide variety of subjects including health, food, politics, fashion and people.

Usha created a new deck of tarot cards which is based on the teachings of Osho, Indian mythology and the five elements of nature (wood, fire, earth, metal and water). She authored 12 books on the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Ma Prem Usha died on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 2 P.M. in New Delhi, India. Usha had been in failing health before her death and had recently undergone surgery. She was 70 years old. She was survived by her husband, Raj Kapoor, and her daughter, Ma Prem Ritambhara, who is also a tarot card reader. cite news |first=Neeta|last=Lal|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/weekend/2008/July/weekend_July55.xml&section=weekend&col=|title=Cashing in on Clairvoyance|work= Khaleej Times |publisher=|date=2008-07-25 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Usha and her daughter often travelled together for tarot readings throughout the world.

Usha was cremated the day of her death. Her ashes were taken to Haridwar, India, and placed into the Ganges River.

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