Rendered in the rich style of traditional Chinese artwork, the vibrant colors and clear messages of The Chinese Tarot Deck offer an aesthetic and accessible tarot experience. Jui Guoliang has created elegant ink and watercolor designs that skillfully blend archetypal symbols of Ancient Chinese literature, legend, philosophy, and culture. The Major Arcana draws upon the benevolent wisdom and insight of inspirational figures such as Confucius, Kuan Yin, and Chang Tao Ling, the Heavenly Master. The fully pictorial Minor Arcana are equally endowed with the lessons of Chinese history. The booklet by Stuart R Kaplan offers a description of each card’s symbolism, with both upright and reversed meanings.
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Kindle Customer –
The artwork is amazing. Print quality is nice.
However the white booklet is totally useless. It only briefly recaps what there are on cards (i.e names of figures), then COPY-PASTE the upright and reverse meaning of Rider Waite. That’s it.
As a person who has knowledge about Chinese folkflore, religions and cultures, I find this deck hardly in line with the traditional Rider Waite. You should be knowledgeable about China, or at lease, speak Chinese in order to do some quick research about figures on cards, their legends, stories and origins in Chinese culture, so that you can really understand the card meaning.
For example: The Death card is illustrated as Yanluo Wang (Yama Raja). Unlike the traditional Waite, this Yama acts more like a judge, who judges humans if they can return to life or go further to the hell basing on what they have done if their lives, or so called karma. Quite different from the traditional Death which emphasizes on changes and transformation.
I give it 3 stars just because of the unmatched booklet. Put that book aside and do research on your own.
Other than that, everything is great.
Magic Tree –
Muy bien.
Lillian Dector –
中古品となっていましたが、包装フィルムが少し破れていただけで、新品でした。
ずっと気になっていた商品でしたが、格安品に出会えて購入しました。
絵の構図は、まるで違うので、実占ではあまり出番はないと思いますが、自分占いに使います。
綺麗なので、ブログなどに載せると映えそうです。
Ms Henry –
¿Habeis visto esos platos de porcelana china? ¿Esas tacitas de té tan delicadas?
Así es este tarot. US Games, ha realizado una obra maestra digna de cualquier coleccionista. Sus dibujos parecen hechos sobre porcelana, así es su acabado. El estilo es Rider-Waite, y el material sobre el que están impresas se ve fuerte y duradero.
Un regalo para los sentidos y muy inspiradoras. Así es esta joya de tarot.
Ann Y. –
The imagery in the art is quite intuitive, though it’s different from a traditional Tarot deck. Some cards are gorgeous, some cartoonish. It will take a while to get to know the feel of the cards. Unfortunately they’re not well made, being quite light. I’m disappointed in the art but still enticed by the suggestion of the intuition.
Magic Tree –
these are beautiful cards the images are very clear and the colours are lovely. There is a small booklet with them that tells you about each card giving a small amount of information on the imagery in the cards as well as the tarot meaning. A very impressive set I am very pleased.
MG –
This is a lovely and quality item.
Charles Mowder –
These were a replacement for an old deck. They were perfect, arrived extremely fast. Thank you
Flo P –
Its ok, very retro whichis cool. It comes with a little booklet, the translations/meaning are a bit different. Still able to use them intuitively. So it’s ok. I do wish the colors were a bit bolder.
Crystal –
One of the most beautiful Tarot decks I have ever seen. The visuals portray their own unique message and much is based on Chinese culture and heritage (a lot of flowers, trees, elders, and weapons). What I noticed is that the booklet, though gives cultural meanings for its trumps, does force the cards into the Rider-Waite message system which doesn’t work for this deck. The backs of the cards are a beautiful red and gold. The cards are slippery. I gave it 5 stars to validate the artist and his awesome artwork.
A truly unique card in this deck is Major XII Hanging Ghost comparable to Waite’s XII Hanged Man. Also of note is Major V Heavenly Master
Mark F. Hoemmen –
Fantastic art! The deck maps Chinese symbolism onto Tarot in interesting ways. Symbolism tails off a bit on some of the Minor Arcana, esp. Swords, but the artwork is still great. The Chinese text on some of the cards refers to sayings that illuminate the symbolism (see e.g., XV). The little white book doesn’t translate the text on the cards, so it’s a fun bonus for readers of Chinese.
The interesting mapping of symbolism is a treat for people versed in both cultures. It could make the deck useful for cross-cultural readings. On the other hand, some cards map in nonobvious ways, in particular XX. (I think Thoth gives a better mapping than RWS here, considering the legendary role of the figure on the card.) Other cards change the meaning quite a bit, e.g., XIX. The artwork is so compelling that I think it would pay to respect the stories it portrays, rather than just ignoring it and going with an RWS or Thoth interpretation.
Flo P –
I grew up in both Taoist and Buddhist religions. OMG these cards resonate so much with me. The stories, legends, Taoist and Buddhist figures… really bring out the intuition in me that other cards can’t. It’s great to have cards that reflect your own culture, written by someone native to the culture. So many cultural details give it so much more meaning. The problem with other decks, like I Ching Tarot, is that it is written by non-native authors. I also have issues with people from a dominant demographic capitalizing on a white-washed portrayal of minority cultures for profit. It’s like trying to read an ancient Chinese classic through Google translate. All meaning are lost. This deck, however, is not through Google translate. You really have to know Taoism and Buddhism to get it.
The best easter egg is that the Chinese descriptions have nothing to do with what is written in the booklet. What’s written on the cards are so much better! Though, some of the characters on the cards seem to be written wrong. And some are just direct translations. It would be better if more idioms were used for the cards that have direct translations. I wish the author would create a V2 to improve some of the card representations. There is so much potential!
That feedback aside, it is the best deck I have!
G –
Not crazy weird but a little more than expected of new cards. Other than the cards are very beautiful and it includes definitions of the cards as well.