Asian American Tarot 2nd Edition

A little self-care (and anti-racist) magic! In the spirit of fortune-telling practices so prevalent in our communities, we’ve created a new deck of tarot cards, featuring original art and text that work to reveal the hidden contours of our Asian American emotional, psychic, and spiritual lives, as well as the systems of violence that bear down upon them.

Replacing the archetypes of the traditional major arcana (e.g., the Empress, the Hierophant, the Wheel of Fortune, etc.) are figures drawn directly from Asian American life--the Migrant, the Foreigner, the Shopkeeper, the Adoptee, the Model Minority, the Desecrated Temple--that we’ve asked some of our communities’ most exciting artists, poets, and writers to reinterpret.

The AALR tarot deck includes:

0  THE GHOST | text by Shawna Yang Ryan | visual by Simi Kang

1  DEATH | text by Long Bui | visual by Monica Ramos

2  THE SCHOLAR | text by Sueyeun Juliette Lee | visual by Monica Ramos

3  THE MIGRANT | text by Rajiv Mohabir | visual by Monica Ramos

4  THE LOVERS | text by Wo Chan | visual by Monica Ramos

5  THE MOTHER | text by Maya Soetoro-Ng | visual by Monica Ramos

6  THE PATIENT | text by Jennifer Ho | visual by Monica Ong

7  THE FOREIGNER | text by Konrad Ng | visual by Simi Kang

8  THE FOOL | text by Tanwi Nandini Islam | visual by Camille Chew

9  THE ANCESTOR | text by Gerald Maa | visual by Monica Ong

10  THE FARMER | text by SimiKang| visual by Simi Kang

11  THE SHOPKEEPER | text by Brandon Som | visual by Camille Chew

12  THE ADOPTEE | text by Matthew Salesses | visual by Monica Ong

13  THE LECHER | text by Mimi Khúc & Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis | visual by Monica Ong

14  THE SURVIVOR | text by Tanwi Nandini Islam | visual by Monica Ong

15  THE DAUGHTER | text by Aimee Nezhukumatathil | visual by Camille Chew

16  THE MODEL MINORITY | text by David Kyuman Kim | visual by Simi Kang

17  THE REFUGEE | text by Mimi Thi Nguyen | visual by Simi Kang

18  THE PRISONER | text by Margaret Rhee | visual by Camille Chew

19  THE DESECRATED TEMPLE | text by Simi Kang | visual by Simi Kang

20  THE DEPORTEE | text by Anida Yoeu Ali | visual by Monica Ong

21  THE HANGMAN | text by James Kyung-Jin Lee | visual by Camille Chew

22  THE DEVIL | text by Sharon Suh | visual by Camille Chew

As well as the following newly commissioned cards:

23  THE OCEAN | text by Ocean Vuong | visual by Matt Huynh

24  THE MONGREL | text by Jason Oliver Chang | visual by Matt Huynh

25  THE EMERGENCY | text by Simi Kang | visual by Matt Huynh

26  THE CRIP | text by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | visual by Matt Huynh

27 THE VILLAGE | text by Jenne Hsien Patrick | visual by Matt Huynh

28 SUICIDE | text by Terisa Siagatonu | visual by Matt Huynh

29 THE STUDENT | text by students everywhere | visual by Matt Huynh