BTP204: The Trickster's Journey Tarot with Jia Sung
The Biddy Tarot Podcast: Tarot | Intuition | Empowerment
Brigit Esselmont
4.8 • 600 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
While Tarot is steeped in age-old wisdom and tradition, it's also a powerful tool to create NEW forms of expression. And Jia Sung's gorgeous deck, The Trickster's Journey Tarot, is a perfect example of this in action.
As a Singaporean Chinese artist based in Brooklyn, Jia's work combines elements of Chinese mythology, Buddhist iconography, and folklore. Through a queer feminist lens, Jia strikes a delicate balance between honoring traditional culture and challenging established narratives.
In this episode, we chat about the fusion of Chinese mythology, feminist perspectives, and queer narratives in Jia's art - and how she uses storytelling to transmit powerful messages through the cards.
Tune in for:
[6:00] Jia's surprising inspiration behind "The Trickster's Journey Tarot" (as a total Tarot newbie!)
[08:00] A behind-the-scenes peek at the rich cultural and mythological symbolism in her deck
[15:00] Exactly how Jia created the deck's ethereal artwork - and the profound ways it shaped her spiritually
[24:00] The brilliant way Jia made her deck guidebook accessible to everyone
[29:00] Jia gives a sneak peek into her upcoming projects (another Tarot deck, perhaps??)
It's not every day that I get to nerd out with a talented artist and Tarot deck creator 😍 Listen in for a thought-provoking conversation that bridges the worlds of art, mythology, feminism, and Tarot!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Biddy Taru podcast. In this episode, I am talking with the creator of |
| 0:07.3 | The Tricksters Journey, which is a beautiful new tarot deck that is steeped with mytholicism |
| 0:15.3 | and mythology symbolism and real deep connection to Chinese history and Buddhism as well. So Gia Song is a |
| 0:27.2 | Singaporean Chinese artist who's currently based in Brooklyn, New York, and her work spans |
| 0:33.5 | a multitude of mediums, including paintings, magazines, tapestry, |
| 0:39.2 | all infused with elements of Chinese mythology, |
| 0:42.8 | Buddhist iconography and folklore. |
| 0:45.2 | And through a queer feminist lens, |
| 0:47.6 | Gia examines and subverts the archive, |
| 0:50.7 | challenging conventional norms and narratives. |
| 0:53.9 | So in this talk, interview and conversation today, |
| 0:58.4 | Gia talks through the inspirations that really sit behind the tricksters journey tarot. And as someone |
| 1:06.6 | who is like so steeped in her creative work and as a real true artist, I think what you're going |
| 1:13.4 | to really appreciate in this conversation is just her deep connection to her work and seeing |
| 1:20.0 | the world through her eyes, which to me was just absolutely magical. As a not very artistic |
| 1:25.1 | person, I just thoroughly appreciated this conversation. So, |
| 1:30.5 | without further ado, let me introduce you to Jia Song. So welcome, Gia. It's so nice to have you here. |
| 1:37.2 | How are you doing today? I'm great. Thank you so much for having me here. It's so exciting, you know, |
| 1:43.1 | to speak with you. |
| 1:44.9 | Blakiti Tara is a bastion of the tarot reference knowledge. |
| 1:48.7 | So awesome. |
| 1:52.1 | Well, I'm really looking forward to dipping into the trickster's journey |
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