10th Anniversary Kuan Yin Oracle

Photographs by Denise Cicuto

Graphic Design for the 10th anniversary edition by Calyxa Omphalos

The Kuan Yin oracle deck is based on an ancient system of divination dedicated to and inspired by the Bodhisattva of Compassion. This photographic version combines my photographs and the poems as translated by Stephen Karcher in The Kuan Yin Oracle: The Voice of the Goddess of Compassion. (For further information on each poem, please see his book.)

There are 100 cards for 100 poems (plus a small folio with information and instructions). You can shuffle the cards, think of a question, then choose a card (or cards). The lines at the bottom correspond to bigrams for each season, and there is a moon phase associated with each poem as well.

The 10th anniversary edition of the deck will be a fundraiser for the Mono Lake Committee, who have been stewards for the preservation and restoration of the Mono Basin ecosystem since 1978. I took several of the photos that appear in this deck at Mono Lake. It is one of my favorite places on Earth.

Note: the cards do have rounded edges. Also, this deck is too large to fit into a standard box. I recommend a drawstring bag.

Thank you for supporting my art, my devotion to Kuan Yin, and the Mono Lake Committee.