CHOOSING A MAH JONGG DIVINATION TOOL
If you want to be really traditional about it, you could purchase a Mah Jongg tile set from either Amazon or the closest shop which stock and sells either games or Chinese cultural items. If you go the card-deck route like I did, then your choice is either a more traditionally-designed deck, like the one in the picture below:
Or, you can purchase Derek Walters’ deck, which appears in the picture below:
Walters’ deck is sort of the ‘Rider-Waite’ of Mah Jongg card decks. Instead of just the straightforward ‘Pips’ like you see in the previous picture, Walters’ pictorial deck, illustrated by artist Amanda Barlow, makes it much easier to remember the meanings of the cards at a glance.
The reason for the reverse direction is because it is the celestial compass. This is always reversed. I’ve had the Derek Walters deck for over a decade so it is nice to read someone else is using them to divine. Hope you are continuing to enjoy!