Inclusive. Evocative. Subversive. Trickster’s Journey: A Tarot Deck and Guidebook is tarot reimagined through the lens of Chinese mythology and Buddhist iconography.
Fine artist Jia Sung draws on the canonic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West to bring new life the traditional major and minor arcana of the tarot. This radical interpretation begins with the renaming of the Fool to Trickster, a character based on the legendary Monkey King.
Each card features Jia’s signature watercolor style, a modern homage to the understated yet radical beauty of traditional Chinese painting. The accompanying guidebook provides an illustrated introduction to the tarot, with descriptions of each card and suggested interpretations, as well as instructions for sample readings and a brief history of tarot. Sidebars throughout explain the cultural significance behind certain card renditions and offer additional mystical insight.
A reimagining of the traditional major and minor arcana, Trickster's Journey takes a new look at the tarot through the lens of Eastern mysticism.
Deck creator Jia Sung renames the Fool card as the Trickster, drawing on the Monkey King archetype from author Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West. This sojourning character takes on additional meanings, and additional agency, as a seeker of truth on a journey of self-discovery.
Use the guidebook in conjunction with these gorgeously illustrated cards in order to gain greater insight into your past, present, and future, and draw on Buddhist wisdom as well as the traditional wisdom of the tarot in your readings.
