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Pick what you’re wishing for, then where in the world you’d like the symbol to come from. Every card shows its earliest record.

25 symbols from East Asia
East Asia · For prosperity & businessPixiuNamed in Sima Qian’s ShijiStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For good healthFive-colour thread (Changming lü)Ying Shao’s Fengsu Tongyi, Eastern HanStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For a happy homeMandarin ducksJin-dynasty Gujin ZhuStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For good healthThe gourdHou Hanshu story of the herbalistPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
East Asia · For your careerMonkey on a horseTang gilt bronze, Dingzhou MuseumStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For calm & sleepBaku, the dream-eaterBai Juyi’s preface on the tapir screenStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For loveThe red thread of Yue LaoTang-dynasty tale, 9th centuryStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For study & examsTenjin and the emaA Heian-period scholar, honoured at about 12,000 shrinesStory card from £2.99 Sample price
Special edition
East Asia · Against the darkSeiman starAbe no Seimei (921–1005); Seimei Shrine, Kyoto, founded 1007Pendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
East Asia · Against envyZhong KuiShen Kuo’s Mengxi Bitan, Song dynastyStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For calm & sleepTiger pillowCizhou ware headrests, mostly 12th–13th centuryStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For your careerThe Stone Steps of Success (Atago Shrine)Atago Shrine founded 1603; prints of the ride, 19th centuryStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For courageKachimushi, the dragonflyHelmet in dragonfly shape, 17th century, Minneapolis Institute of ArtStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For a new jobDarumaShorinzan Darumaji temple, 1697Pendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
East Asia · For prosperity & businessLiu Hai and the three-legged toadQing plaque, The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
East Asia · For a happy homeWooden wedding geeseBritish Museum As1991,1220.1, 19th centuryStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For good people around youManeki-nekoHiroshige print, 1852Story card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For a fresh startKorean bokjori (fortune sieve)1960 text, cited by the Encyclopedia of Korean CultureStory card from £2.99 Sample price

We describe what each symbol has meant and how people used it, with sources. We don’t promise what it will do.