Emperor's Tarot



The Emperor's Tarot (also called the Imperial Tarot) is a pack of seventy-eight psychoactive liquid-crystal wafers that are linked to the psyche of the Emperor of Mankind in the Warp. The Tarot, commonly believed to have been designed by the Emperor himself before the Horus Heresy, is used throughout the Imperium as a form of divination.

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.

Known Cards
Known cards are: Some of the better known cards listed above are further described in their own sections below.
 * High Priest
 * Emperor / The God-Emperor*1
 * Harlequin (of Discordia)
 * Inquisitor (of Mandatio)
 * Assassin (of Adeptio)
 * Space Marine
 * Squat
 * Daemon (Major Arcana)
 * Hulk (Major Arcana)
 * Warped Renegade (of Discordia)
 * Galaxy (Major Arcana)
 * Star (Major Arcana)
 * Knight (of Mandatio)
 * Sword
 * Emperor's Throne
 * Eye of Horus
 * Great Hoste
 * Shattered World
 * Galactic Lens
 * The Great Eye*1
 * The Despoiler*1

The God-Emperor

 * 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.
 * When drawn from the deck, this cars speaks of warp travel, of discovery, of hope in the cold depths of space.
 * Inversed, 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.