The Beginner's Tarot — Dreaming Cat Edition (Japanese)
Shipping & delivery
Ships from Japan with tracking.
Dispatch: within 5–7 business days of your order.
Delivery: about 10 days after dispatch. Times vary by destination and customs processing.
Shipping is charged per order, not per deck — so a second deck costs far less to ship. Orders of 2 or more decks also get 10% off automatically at checkout.
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The card explains itself the moment you flip it.
A Dreaming Cat deck built for absolute beginners.
- Read without a booklet
- Hand-drawn original artwork
- Japanese annotations
- English card titles
- Dreaming Cat artwork
What stopped you the last time you tried tarot?
For most people it is the memorising. The Beginner's Tarot removes it: each card carries its meanings printed at the top and bottom, so anyone can read fortunes just by looking at the card in their hand. The annotations are in Japanese — with card titles in English — on artwork drawn from the beloved Dreaming Cat Tarot.
Three reasons readers choose this deck
The meaning travels on the card
Keywords are printed above and below each image, so a reading never stalls while you hunt through a booklet.
Please note: annotations are in Japanese
The printed meanings are Japanese text (card titles appear in English). It is a wonderful deck for Japanese learners and Dreaming Cat collectors; for English readers, the same deck is now available as the Beginner's Tarot English Edition.
Rider-based underneath
The design follows the Rider edition, so what you learn with this deck transfers directly to any traditional one.
What comes in the box
Everything you need to read from day one.
| What's included | Tarot cards with printed meanings / box |
|---|---|
| On-card text | Meanings printed top & bottom in Japanese; card titles in English |
| System | Based on the Rider edition |
| Artwork | From the Dreaming Cat Tarot series |
| Best for | Japanese readers, learners of Japanese, and collectors |
| Brand | Luna Factory original — designed and produced in Japan |
Reading takes three steps
Shuffle
Hold your question in mind while you shuffle the deck.
Draw
Pull one card. With this deck, one is genuinely enough.
Read what is written
The keywords printed on the card are the reading — no booklet required.
If you are starting from zero
Five things to know before choosing this editionRead more
- It is the fastest start we makeMeanings on the card remove the memorising entirely — this is the series born from customers who found tarot too difficult.
- The annotations are JapaneseIf you do not read Japanese, choose the Beginner's Tarot English Edition, which prints everything in English.
- Great for language learnersJapanese students tell us the daily draw doubles as vocabulary practice.
- The structure is traditionalRider-based, so the habit you build here transfers to any deck.
- Collectors want it anywayAs a Dreaming Cat series item, it completes the family alongside the original and the Pocket Twinkle.
The artwork
The Dreaming Cat world, with the training wheels drawn on beautifully.
The cards keep the soft Dreaming Cat illustrations and frame them with printed keywords in a design that stays pretty rather than academic. It is the rare learning deck you would still leave out on the table.
— The day this deck was made —
It began with the voices of customers who almost gave up.
"Tarot looks so difficult. The pictures are scary. I am too shy to use them."
The Beginner Tarot series was born from exactly those words. We took the gentlest artwork we had — the Dreaming Cat world — and printed the meanings right onto the cards, top and bottom, so that fortune telling could start the moment the box opened. No study, no memorising, no waiting to feel ready. Every day feels a bit vague sometimes; this deck was made so that taking a small step out of that never requires more than one flip.
From the makers
The Beginner's Tarot Dreaming Cat Edition is a Luna Factory original, made in Japan for people taking their very first step into tarot.
For days like these
- For a Japanese-reading beginner's very first deck
- For students of Japanese who want practice with heart
- For Dreaming Cat collectors completing the series
— One flip, and the card tells you itself. —
Before you order
Frequently asked questions
Is the text on the cards in English?
The card titles are in English, but the printed meanings are in Japanese. If you do not read Japanese, we recommend the Beginner's Tarot English Edition, which prints everything in English.
Who is this edition for?
Japanese-reading beginners who want to skip memorising, learners of Japanese, and Dreaming Cat series collectors.
Does it follow the traditional system?
Yes. The design is based on the Rider edition, so skills learned with it transfer to any standard deck.
How long does delivery take?
Orders ship from Japan by EMS with tracking. Delivery times vary by country — please see our Shipping Policy for current estimates.
How is it different from the Dreaming Cat Tarot?
Same world, different purpose: this edition prints meanings directly on the cards for instant reading, while the standard deck pairs unannotated cards with an English and Japanese guidebook.
This deck suits you if
- You read Japanese and want the easiest possible start
- You are learning Japanese and love a themed study aid
- You collect the Dreaming Cat series
- You are gifting to a Japanese-speaking beginner
Often bought together
Flip one card, and let it do the explaining.
Luna Factory is a Japanese studio making tarot and oracle decks for people who want divination to feel kind rather than daunting.
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