Again, six languages featured on each card of the China Tarot and not a single one is Chinese or even an East Asian language. Amusing. As a reading deck, I’m not likely to use it. However, lots of leeway is given on the technicalities of tarot structure when it’s an art deck, as it is here. Art decks are collectors items. I’m not saying you can’t do divinations with the China Tarot, you most certainly can; but I am saying that most tarot folk I know won’t be buying this for their go-to workhorse professional reading deck. Instead, it’s for collecting, and definitely worth acquiring before it goes out of print. Der Jen was a remarkable Taiwanese artist who left this world at far too young an age. The China Tarot (even though Der Jen is Taiwanese, *cough*) is an incredible fusion of Chinese fine art, Chinese culture, and tarot. It is high up there in ranking as one of the most beautifully rendered art decks on the market and if Chinese art and culture resonate with you, the tarot practitioner, especially the Marseille readers, then I dare say that getting this deck is a must. |
