✳ Pearl Arcana

Reading all seventy-eight cards, one at a time

Every card carries two things at once: a scene that was painted, and five centuries of meaning that settled onto it. This journal reads all seventy-eight cards, one at a time, starting from the picture.

78 of 78 cards published so far.

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Major Arcana 22 / 22

Twenty-two cards without a suit. The large scenes of the journey.

Wands 14 / 14

The suit of fire. Will, beginnings, the staff in the hand.

Cups 14 / 14

The suit of water. Feeling, relationship, what the cup holds.

Swords 14 / 14

The suit of air. Judgement, language, the sharp edge.

Pentacles 14 / 14

The suit of earth. Body, work, what the hand keeps.

Draw a card yourself

The picture you have just read can be placed against your own question. The same card answers differently when the question changes.

  1. A deck drawn in-house — 78 cards in the colours of nacre and dancheong
  2. Readings that read the picture, not a keyword list
  3. Keep asking — draw one more card for your next question
  4. A record you can return to and compare
  5. Let a friend draw for you with a single link
  6. Seventeen languages, one deck, one reading
Open the reading → One free draw, no sign-up required.