亚瑟·爱德华·韦特

　　亚瑟·爱德华·韦特是一位出生于美国的英国诗人和学者神秘主义者，他在神秘和深奥的问题上有着广泛的著述，也是《骑士威特塔罗甲板》的共同创造者。正如他的传记作家R.A.吉尔伯特所描述的那样，“韦特的名字得以保留，因为他是第一个尝试系统研究西方神秘主义历史观的人。

亚瑟·爱德华·韦特(A. E. Waite)名言

The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.

真正的塔罗牌是象征主义。它没有其他语言，也没有其他标志。

亚瑟·爱德华·韦特

Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere.

现在，神秘主义已经不像神秘的教授，它很少与普通人的商业才能或对自己领域的证据标准的了解相协调。

亚瑟·爱德华·韦特

Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.

在男人的身后是生命树，结出十二种果实，在善恶树上则在女人的身后。蛇缠绕着它。

亚瑟·爱德华·韦特

We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.

现在我们已经看到，没有塔罗牌埃及起源的证据。

亚瑟·爱德华·韦特

If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him.

如果在任何占卜中，第十张卡片都应该是法院卡片，它表明占卜的对象最终落入了以该卡片代表的人的手中，而其结局主要取决于他。

亚瑟·爱德华·韦特

It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.

可以想到的是，我今天对自己的看法很奇怪，只是乍一看，只是一种众所周知的算命方法。

亚瑟·爱德华·韦特

The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.

皇后与普遍的生育观念以及与活动有关的一般意义相关。