查拉伊：如何使用塔罗牌 II

译者介绍
以下摘自查拉伊关于塔罗牌的主要作品《看不见的痕迹》，介绍了如何基于有条不紊的逻辑方法，在没有先验的
情况下使用塔罗牌。它可以被认为是前一篇文章的扩展或更彻底的发展。这篇文章涉及从头开始考虑纸牌，而不
参考任何其他系统，也不涉及任何所谓的关于塔罗牌的想法，或任何一副牌。因此，它直接挑战了我们的先入
之见，并迫使我们用一双新的眼睛和一种清除陈词滥调和司空见惯的思想来面对塔罗牌。

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注意事项：
为了避免用完美的秘密伤害自己，让我们以谨慎，缓慢和毅力来处理它们，不要让我们的注意力或我们的步伐
松弛，不要留下我们最不理解的最少的话。
如果这一章是按照思维模式和逻辑、精确的观察，以严厉的、说教性的、几乎是口语化的方式写成的，不要感
到惊讶。一步一步地遵循它，一直咨询您的甲板。
为自己购买一套由格里莫制作的马赛古塔罗牌，参考编号 394 403。
把卡片拿在手里。把它们放在一堆。把它们翻过来。用你喜欢的任何方式看它们十分钟。数一数：78。测量它
们：它们的实际尺寸为 12.3 厘米×6.5 厘米。一毫米宽的矩形线条描绘了每张卡片的内容：线条内侧的 11.6 厘米
×5.7 厘米，也就是说，几乎完全是一个双正方形。
一个原则：数字，图像，名称（或没有）具有重要意义。没有一张牌比另一张卡更不重要或更有趣。它们都算
在组合和排列系统中。
放下塔罗牌的 78 张牌。让我们忘记我们所知道的 - 或认为我们知道的 - 关于他们的一切。让我们像幼儿园的孩
子玩不同形状的积木一样接近这些牌，把它们放在一起，立方体与立方体，球与球，如同。我们没有必要给它
们一个意义，也没有必要从中推导出一个教义。在我们看到支配这组牌的法则出现的同时，我们可能会开始形
成一种合乎逻辑的方法，这是一个游戏！
一旦我们将由相同部分组成的卡片放在一起，我们就可以区分四个一般子集。

大广场
我们在这里看到一组数字，在图像下方，有一个带有名称的空间。有四个这样的功能：国王，王后，仆人和骑
士。有四个家族：杯子，剑，杖和硬币。让我们立即注意到硬币是复数形式，让我们牢记这种特殊性，因为它
可能在以后产生影响。
放置卡片，以便一目了然地看到四个功能（例如，水平）和四个系列（例如，垂直，尽管相反是合法的）。
出于助记符的原因，为了卡片的功能处理，即使塔罗牌没有明确给它们一个名字，我还是把这个组称为大广场。
四大工具
另一个子集由四张牌组成，这四张牌既没有名字也没有数字，甚至没有相同的空格。它们只描绘了一个大物体，
而不是一个人，每张牌一个，出于实际原因，即使塔罗牌没有给它们起名字，我们也会称它们为四个工具。
技术集团
我们还看到一定数量的卡片描绘了没有命名但编号的物体（确切地说是三十六张）。该数字被放置在卡片的侧
面，除了一个系列中，它描绘了越来越多的常规圆形物体，并且没有编号。为了方便起见，即使塔罗牌没有给它们
起名字，我们也可以将它们称为硬币，与大广场硬币的国王，王后，仆人和骑士持有的工具类似。让我们注意到

没有数字。
该子集，或该子集的四个系列中的至少三个，编号如下：二、三、三、三、五、六、七、八、八、八、十。
仔细观察，我们可以看到，在其中两个系列中，数字（放在侧面）是从卡的中心读取的。也就是说，我们只能
通过将自己置于其中心来破译这张牌。在另一个系列中，只能通过将自己置于其外部来破译该系列。该系列描
绘了越来越多的黄色高脚杯或杯子。通过类比来自大广场的一群人物所持有的工具，即使塔罗牌没有给他们一个名
字，我们也可以称这个系列为杯子。此外，我们可以将这 4 个系列组合成一组，并将其称为“技术集团”。稍
后，我们将看到它可能读起来像连环画（没有语音气泡！物体不能说话...）

旅程的卡片
回顾一下，我们根据数字四找到三个子集：
4 x 1：四大工具
4 x 4： 大广场
4 x 9（从 II 到 X）：技术集团
还有一个子集，因此总共有四个集合！
一个子集由包含图像的卡片组成，没有名称或编号（四个工具）;另一个，一个图像和一个名字（大广场）;另一个，
一个图像和一个数字（技术集团）。我们尚未检查的组包含：图像，名称和数字。因此，它是塔罗牌中最复杂的
部分。
为了方便起见，即使塔罗牌没有给它一个具体的名字，我们也会称它为旅程的卡片，因为地图（甚至名片）在旅行时总
是识别和识别的标志。[1] 至于地理地图，它们为我们提供了一种可行的方法来探索我们希望探索的领土，并允
许我们在旅行时选择路线。
因此，我们将这二十二张卡片组合在一起，因为它们具有相同的特征：它们具有图像，并且在位于图像本身上
方的空间中从 I 到 XXI 编号。这个子集非常令人愉悦，因为这些人物对我们来说似乎很熟悉（比大广场的人物
更熟悉），他们的名字也是如此，除非他们令人惊讶：上帝之家会是什么？此外，这些数字表示订单;我们习惯
于在日常生活中使用这种秩序。唯一的问题是包含图像的卡片，一个名为“The Mate”的空间以及图像上方的空
格。没有数字。我们应该把这张卡放在哪里？
交配伴侣！[注 2]
研究集合时使用的程序之一包括将集合中与其他部分不同的部分与其他部分进行比较，以便发现类比。（事实
上，这正是我们之前通过将卡组合在一起所做的，从而发现了四种“模式”或子集。
考虑伴侣。有没有另一张卡片以类似的方式吸引我们的注意力？答案显然是肯定的。还有另一张卡片有一个图
像，一个包含数字 XIII 的空格......但既没有名字，也没有一个空格来包含这个名字（甚至没有在侧面，就像大广
场的硬币仆人一样）。当我们观察 Mate 时，我们注意到上层空间是空的，但空间本身存在。因此，伴侣确实有
一个数字。也许这个数字可以在其他地方找到。我们可以从更仔细地研究这张编号为 XIII 的卡片的特殊性开始，
这张卡片不能有名字。
让我们比较一下这两张卡片的图像，相对于旅程的其他卡片来说，它们并不完整，但它们的设计告诉我们，它
们显然是这个群体的一部分。如果我们比较这些数字，我们立即注意到它们是相似的：两个数字都向左迈步，
一个靠在黄色的手柄上（附在红色的刀片上），另一个靠在坚固的手杖上。棍子和手柄的角度相似，并且都是
相同的黄色。这些数字不是完全可以叠加的，但它们的姿势确实非常相似。
让我们提出两张牌可以配对在一起的假设。然后，我们将有一张卡片，上面写着数字 XIII 和 Mate 的名字，其图
像将被模糊或加倍。我们本可以给伴侣编号 XIII，但是这个数字已经存在，它已经被“拿走”了，这导致我们
将伴侣放在 XIII 后面而不是前面。
这只是一个假设，但它证实了我们提出的其他假设。因此，我们可以暂时将 Mate 和 XIII 配对在一起，直到出现
其他可以否定这一假设的东西。
毋庸置疑，塔罗牌并没有命名 XIII，这是一个显着的特殊性。因此，我们也不会说出它的名字，即使不是出于实际原
因。这样做就会给系统的观察、逻辑和效率带来严重错误。
[1]在法语中，carte 的意思是“卡片”和“地图”。
[2]在法语中，马特·勒马特，字面意思是“驯服（或观看，用俚语）伴侣。措辞已更改，以保留典故和文字游戏。
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 Tchalaï: How to Work With the Tarot
II

Translator’s Introduction
The following excerpt from Tchalaï’s main work on the Tarot, Les Empreintes de l’Invisible – “Traces of the Invisible”,
presents the  opening section on how to work with the Tarot based on a methodical, logical approach, without a priori. It
may be considered as the extension or a more thorough development of the previous post here. This piece deals with
considering the cards ab initio, without reference to any other system, nor to any so-called received ideas one may happen
to have concerning the Tarot, or any deck of cards for that matter. As such, it directly challenges our preconceptions and
forces us to confront the Tarot deck with a new pair of eyes and with a mind cleansed of clichés and commonplaces.

Les Empreintes de l’Invisible

Opening Pandora’s Box

 Tchalaï

Precautions:
In order to avoid harming ourselves with the secrets of perfection, let us tackle them with prudence, slowness and
perseverance, without letting our attention or our pace slacken, without leaving behind us the least word we have not
understood.
Do not be surprised if this chapter is written in a heavy-handed, didactic, almost spoken, manner, according to the mode
of thought and logical, precise observation. Follow it step by step, consulting your deck all the while.
Procure for yourself a set of the Ancient Tarot of Marseilles produced by Grimaud, reference number 394 403.
Take the cards in hand. Place them in a pile. Turn them over. Look at them any way you like for ten minutes. Count
them: 78. Measure them: their real size is 12.3 cm by 6.5 cm. A rectangular line drawing one millimetre wide delineates
the contents of each card: 11.6 cm by 5.7 cm on the inside of the line, that is, almost exactly a double square.
One principle: number, image, name (or absence thereof) have a significance. No one card is less important or interesting
than another. All of them count in the system of combinations and permutations.
Lay down the 78 cards of the Tarot. Let us forget everything we know – or think we know – about them. Let us approach
these cards much as children in nursery school play with differently shaped blocks, putting them together, cubes with
cubes, balls with balls, like with like. There is no need for us to give them a meaning or to derive a teaching therefrom
just yet. At the same time as we see the laws which govern this set of cards appear, we may begin to form a logical
approach, and it is a game!
Once we have put together the cards which are formed of the same parts, we can distinguish four general subsets.
The Great Square
We see here a group of figures with, below the image, a space bearing a name. There are four such functions: King,
Queen, Valet and Horseman. There are four families: Cup, Sword, Staff and Coins. Let us immediately note that Coins is
in the plural form and let us keep this particularity in mind since it may have a bearing later on.
Place the cards so as to see at a glance the four functions (for instance, horizontally) and the four families (for instance,
vertically, although the reverse is just as legitimate).
For mnemonic reasons, for the functional handling of the cards, and even though the Tarot does not explicitly give them a name , I call
this group The Great Square.
The Four Tools
Another subset is composed of four cards which have neither name nor number, nor even a space for same. They solely
depict a large object, not a person, one per card, and for practical reasons, even though the Tarot does not give them a name, we
shall call them The Four Tools.
The Technical Bloc
We also see a certain number of cards depicting objects (thirty-six, to be precise) which are not named but which are
numbered. The number is placed to the side of the card, except in one series which depicts regular, circular objects in
growing number, and which is not numbered. We may, for the sake of convenience, even though the Tarot does not give them a
name, call them Coins by analogy with the tool which is held by the King, Queen, Valet and Horseman of Coins of the

Great Square. Let us note the absence of numbers.

This subset, or at least three of the four of the series of this subset, are numbered as follows: II, III, IIII, V, VI, VII, VIII,
VIIII, X.
Looking more closely, we can see that in two of the series, the number (placed on the side) is to be read from the centre
of the card. That is to say, we can only decipher the card by placing oneself within its centre. In another series, the series
can only be deciphered by placing oneself outside it. This series depicts a growing number of yellow goblets or cups. By
analogy with the tool held by the group of figures from the Great Square, even though the Tarot does not give them a name, we
can call this series that of Cup. Moreover, we can group together these 4 series as one set and call it The Technical
Bloc. Later, we shall see that it may be read like a comic strip (without the speech bubbles! Objects cannot speak…)
The Cards of the Journey
To recap, we find three subsets based on the number four:
4 x 1: The Four Tools
4 x 4: The Great Square
4 x 9 (from II to X): The Technical Bloc
There remains one further subset, thus giving us a total of four sets!
One subset consists of cards containing an image, without name or number ( The Four Tools); another, an image and a
name (The Great Square); another, an image and a number (The Technical Bloc). The group we have not yet examined
contains: image, name and number. For this reason, it is thus the most complex part of the Tarot.
For the sake of convenience, even though the Tarot does not give it a specific name, we shall call it the Cards of the Journey, because

maps (and even visiting cards) are always a sign of identification and of recognition when travelling. [1] As to
geographical maps, they offer us a workable approach to the territory we wish to explore and allow us to choose a route
when travelling.
We have thus grouped together these twenty-two cards as they present the same characteristics: they have an image, and
are numbered from I to XXI in a space situated above the image itself. This subset is quite pleasing because the figures
appear familiar to us (more so than those of the Great Square), as do their names, except when they are surprising: what
could a God-House be? Furthermore, these numbers indicate an order; we are used to using this order in our everyday
life. The only problem is the card containing an image, a space with the name “The Mate,” and a space above the image..
without number. Where should we place this card?

Mating the Mate! [2]

One of the procedures used in the study of a set consists of comparing the part of the set that differs from the others to
every other part in order to spot analogies. (In fact, this is exactly what we did by grouping the cards together earlier, thus
discovering the four “modes” or subsets.)
Consider the Mate. Is there another card which draws our attention in an analogous manner? The answer is obviously yes.
There is another card which has an image, a space containing the number XIII… but neither name nor a space to contain
the name (not even on the side, like the Valet of Coins of the Great Square). When we look at the Mate, we notice that the
upper space is empty, but the space itself exists. Therefore, the Mate does have a number. Perhaps this number is to be
found elsewhere. And we may begin by examining more closely the particularity of this card numbered XIII, which
cannot have a name.
Let us compare the images of these two cards, incomplete with respect to the other cards of the Journey, but their design
tells us that they are clearly a part of this group. If we compare the figures, we immediately notice they are analogous:
both figures are stepping forward towards their left, the one leaning on a sort of yellow handle (attached to a red blade),
the other on a solid walking stick. Both stick and handle are at a similar angle and are both of the same yellow colour.
The figures are not totally superimposable, but their postures are very similar indeed.
Let us put forth the hypothesis that both cards can be paired together. We would then have one card, bearing the number
XIII and the name the Mate, and whose image would be blurred or doubled up. We could have given the Mate the
number XIII, but this number already exists, it has already been “taken,” which leads us to place the Mate behind XIII
rather than in front of it.
This is but a hypothesis, but it confirms the other hypotheses we have proposed. We can thus provisionally pair together
the Mate and XIII, until something else appears which would negate this hypothesis.
Needless to say, the Tarot does not name XIII, and this by a remarkable peculiarity. Therefore, we shall not name it either, not
even for practical reasons. To do so would be to introduce a serious error into the observation, logic and efficiency of the

system.
[1] In French, carte means both “card” and “map.” – Ed.
[2] In French, Mater le Mat, literally, “taming (or watching, in slang) the Mate.” The wording has been changed to
preserve the alliteration and wordplay. – Ed.