The Emperor's Tarot (aka Imperial Tarot) is a pack of seventy-eight psychoactive liquid-crystal wafers that are linked to the thoughts of the Emperor. The Tarot, commonly believed to have been designed by the Emperor himself, is used throughout the Imperium as a form of divination.

帝皇塔罗牌（又名帝国塔罗牌）是一包78块与帝皇思想相关的灵能活性液晶薄片。塔罗牌通常被认为是由帝皇亲自设计的，在整个帝国中都被用作一种占卜形式。

Design 设计

There are major arcana trumps and four suits of lesser arcanoi: Discordia, Adeptio, Creatio and Mandatio. Discordia is the suit of strife, but can also signify authority. These cards contain enemies of the Imperium, xenos and warp entities. Adeptio is the suit of vigorous work, heroes, servants and great deeds. Creatio is the suit of fertility. Mandatio is the suit of government, stability, wealth and leadership. Many different decks have been produced over time and sometimes these decks use different names for some cards or entire suits. The suits called Executeria (Arcana of the unknown, exploration, future and mind) and Concordia are two examples. Other decks even use some major arcans as parts of a suit.

有大阿卡纳牌和四套小阿卡纳：纷争、精通、创造和使命。纷争是冲突的牌组，但也可能意味着权威。这些卡片包含帝国的敌人、异型和亚空间实体。精通是一套充满活力的工作、英雄、仆人和伟大事迹的牌组。创造是丰饶的牌组。使命是政府、稳定、财富和领导力的牌组。随着时间的推移，已经生产了许多不同的牌组，有时这些牌组对某些牌或整个套牌使用不同的名称。名为魔导（未知、探索、未来和心灵的阿卡纳牌）和协和的牌组就是两个例子。其他牌组甚至使用一些大阿卡纳牌作为牌组的一部分。

There are various versions when it comes to the specific artwork and to the materials used for making the cards. The materials range from simple plastic to high-end versions using liquid-crystal.

当涉及到具体的艺术品和制作卡片所用的材料时，有各种版本。材料范围从简单的塑料到使用液晶的高端版本。

The Tarot was widespread throughout the days of the Great Crusade already, even though it was officially considered pure superstition.

塔罗牌在大远征期间已经广泛流传，尽管官方认为它纯粹是迷信。

Practice 实践

The cards are laid up-side down and then turned. As they are turned they are read and interpreted by the reader. The second and fourth cards drawn are signifiers, bringing clarity to the ones preceding them. When drawn upside down, the meaning of the card changes dramatically; the complete opposite to the non-inverse version of the card.

这些牌被面朝下放置，然后再翻过来。当它们被翻转时，读者会阅读和解释它们。第二张和第四张牌是具有象征意义的牌，使前面的内容更加清晰。当逆位时，卡片的含义会发生巨大变化；与卡片的正位版本完全相反。

Sanctioned Psykers that specialize in the reading of the Emperor's Tarot are known as Theomancers.

专门阅读帝皇塔罗牌的合法灵能者被称为神术师。

Known Cards 已知卡片

Known cards are:

已知卡片是

• High Priest - An unknown deck uses this card as The High Priest of Mandatio

• 教皇 - 一个未知的牌组使用这张牌作为使命的教皇

• Emperor / The God-Emperor - An unknown deck uses this card as The Emperor of Mandatio

• 帝皇/神皇 - 一个未知的牌组使用这张牌作为使命的帝皇

• The Harlequin (of Discordia) 丑角（纷争）

• The Kraken (of Discordia) 海妖（纷争）

• The Savage (of Discordia) 野蛮人（纷争）

• The Warlock 战巫

• The Mutant 变种人

• The Heretic 异教徒

• Inquisitor (of Mandatio) 审判官（使命）

• The Judge (of Mandatio) 法官（使命）

• The Assassin (of Adeptio) 刺客（精通）

• The Space Marine / Astarte (of Adeptio) 星际战士/阿斯塔特（精通）

• The Warrior (of Adeptio) 战士（精通）

• The Commander (of Adeptio) 指挥官（精通）

• Squat (of Creatio) 矮人（丰饶）

• Navigator (of Creatio) 导航者（丰饶）

• The Daemon (Major Arcana) / The Fiend - An unknown deck uses this card as The Daemon of Discordia

• 恶魔（大阿卡纳）/魔鬼 - 一个未知的牌组使用这张卡作为纷争的恶魔

• The Hulk (Major Arcana) - An unknown deck uses this card as The Hulk of Executeria

• 废船（大阿卡纳）- 一个未知的牌组使用这张牌作为魔导的废船

• Warped Renegade / Chaos Renegade (of Discordia)

• 亚空间变节者/混沌变节者（使命）

• Galaxy (Major Arcana) 银河（大阿卡纳）

• Star (Major Arcana) 星辰（大阿卡纳）

• Knight (of Mandatio) 骑士（使命）

• The Preacher 传教士

• The Chaplain 牧师

• Sword / The Blade 剑/刃

• Emperor's Throne / The Throne 帝皇王座/王座

• Eye of Horus / The Traitor 荷鲁斯之眼/叛徒

• The Great Hoste 大敌

• The Shattered World / Shatter'd World 破碎世界/破碎的世界

• Galactic Lens 银河透镜

• The Great Eye 伟大之眼

• The Despoiler 掠夺者

• Jackal 豺狼

• Lost Child 失落之子

• The Ragged Fool 愤怒愚者

• The Magus (of Executeria) 魔术师（魔导）

• The Astropath (of Executeria) 星语者（魔导）

• The Fabricator (of Executeria) 铸造者（魔导）

• The Labyrinthine Path 迷宫路径

• The Moon 月亮

• The Martyr 殉教者

• The Monster 怪物

• The Lightning Tower 闪电之塔

• Guilliman's Wrath 基里曼之怒

• The Blind Seer 目盲先知

• The Nova 新星

• The Lords of Terra 泰拉领主

• The Young Warrior 年轻战士

• The Fortress of Faith 信仰堡垒

• The Dishonoured Scion 耻辱后裔

• The Dark King 黑暗之王

• The Lord of Swords 剑之领主

• The Supplicant 祈求者

• The Executioner 处刑者

• The Silver Door 白银之门

• The Crone 巫婆

• Death 死亡

• Illumination 光照

• The Familia Humana 人类家园

• The Justicar 审判者

• The Mond Primitif 原始世界

• Battleship 战舰

• Rogue Trader 行商浪人

• Aquila 天鹰

• Knight of Concordia 协和骑士

• The Magos 贤者

• The Angel Primarch / The Steadfast Angel 天使原体/坚定天使

• The Guardsman 卫士

• The Lantern 提灯

• Revelation 启示

• The Warp 亚空间

• The Falling Star 陨星

• The Starship - it has a subform called The Pilgrim Vessel.

• 星舰 - 它有一个名为朝圣者船的子体。

• The Fallen Citadel 陷落城堡

• The Abyss 深渊

• The Candle 蜡烛

Horus' deck 荷鲁斯牌组

When Horus and the Emperor engaged in battle against one another at the climax of the Siege of Terra aboard the Vengeful Spirit, their clash was both physical and metaphysical. It included a psychic duel of tarot cards, many of which Horus remarked were specifically created by him with the help of the Gods of Chaos.

当泰拉围城的高潮，荷鲁斯和帝皇在复仇之魂号上交战时，他们的冲突既是物质上的，也是精神上的。其中包括塔罗牌的精神决斗，荷鲁斯说其中许多是他在混沌之神的帮助下特别创造的。

New cards played by Horus included:

荷鲁斯使用的新牌包括：

• Eight of Pentacles 星币八

• Occulted Orphan 隐秘孤儿

• The Revenger 复仇者

• Exterminatus 灭绝令

• Neverness 虚无

• Dreadful Sagittary 恐怖射手座

The God-Emperor 神皇

• A Body, browned with age and blackened in death, sits locked within a great throne of gold, steel and brass. The corpse's mouth is open, projecting a silent scream that echoes through the unseen layers of the universe. Before the howling cadaver, a legion of angels kneels, crying violet tears.

• 一具因年老而变褐、因死亡而变黑的尸体，被锁在一个金、钢和黄铜的伟大王座里。尸体张着嘴，发出无声的尖叫，回荡在宇宙中不可视之境界。在嚎叫的尸体前，一大群天使跪下，流着紫罗兰色的眼泪。

• When drawn from the deck, this card speaks of warp travel, of discovery, of hope in the cold depths of space.

• 当从牌组中抽出时，这张牌讲述了亚空间航行、发现和在寒冷的太空深处的希望。

• When drawn upside down, it foretells of the warp's malign touch infecting the servants of the Imperium. A hopeless war. Death from the far reaches of space.

• 当逆位时，它预示着亚空间的恶意触碰会感染帝国的忠仆。一场无望的战争。来自遥远太空的死亡。

The Great Eye 伟大之眼

• An eye. The Eye. A wound in reality, an open scar in space where the bruise-purple and blood-red eye of Chaos leers into the galaxy. The stars die around the Eye: some fading into cold blackness, others bursting in white hot torment. The Eye stares dully, little emotion beyond distant hate. But the nebula flares, tendrils spreading across space. The Eye has opened.

• 一只眼睛。眼睛。事实上，这是一个伤口，是太空中一个打开的伤疤，混沌的伤紫和血红之眼在那里斜射到星系中。星辰在眼睛周围死去：有些消失在寒冷的黑暗中，有些则在白热的折磨中爆裂。眼睛呆滞地凝视着，除了遥远的仇恨，几乎没有什么情绪。但星云闪耀，卷须在太空中蔓延。眼睛睁开了。

• To draw this card is to foretell of war against Chaos.

• 抽这张牌预示着与混沌的战争。

The Despoiler 掠夺者

• The galaxy burns. A figure stands in ancient armor, wreathed in a billion screaming souls that encircle him like mist. In its right gauntlet, Holy Terra blackens and crumbles. A demigod's blood drips from the talons. In the dim reaches of the vision, almost an afterthought, a distant howling light fades into darkness and silence. The figure smiles for the first time in ten thousand years.

• 银河系燃烧。一个穿着古老盔甲的身影，被十亿个尖叫的灵魂环绕着，像薄雾一样环绕着他。在它的右边，神圣泰拉变黑并碎裂。半神的血从爪子上滴下来。在昏暗的视野中，几乎是事后添加的，一道遥远的怒号之光渐渐消失在黑暗和寂静中。这是一万年来第一次微笑。

• When drawn, the Despoiler card is the bane of life, the truest indicator of the coming loss and unavoidable bloodshed for the Imperium of Man.

• 当被抽出时，掠夺者卡是生命之灾，是人类帝国即将到来的损失和不可避免的流血事件的最真实指示。

• Inversed, A rival for the Despoiler. Someone destine to stand against the Archenemy's machinations.

• 反转，掠夺者的对手。有人注定要对抗死敌的阴谋。

Interpretations 解释

• The combination of the Eye of Horus with the Great Hoste, the Shattered World above the Emperor's Throne inversed, and the Galactic Lens inversed is known to be a very bad one. It signifies the gathering of the powers of Chaos and the death of worlds.

• 荷鲁斯之眼与大敌的结合，帝皇王座上方的破碎世界逆位，银河透镜逆位，这是一个非常糟糕的组合。它象征着混沌力量的聚集和世界的死亡。

Other Uses 其他用途

Tarot is a card game, with rules similar to poker, popular on many Imperial worlds. Known cards include The Emperor, The Primarch and The Inquisitor.

塔罗牌是一种纸牌游戏，规则类似于扑克，在许多帝国世界都很受欢迎。已知的卡片包括帝皇、原体和审判官。

Notes 注释

Linguistically speaking, Concordia is the opposite of Discordia. Since Discordia contains enemies of the Imperium, while Adeptio contains benevolent figures for the Imperium, it's possible to assume that Concordia is an alternative name for Adeptio.

从语言学上讲，协和是纷争的反面。由于纷争包含帝国之敌，而精通包含帝国的仁慈人物，因此可以假设协和是精通的另一个名字。