Curious as to what Johann Hechtel’s 1799 Das Spiel der Hofnung or Game of Hope parlour game, which the Lenormand cards are based on, actually entailed? As a reminder, here is a link to the copy of the game along with its instructions that is held at the British Museum, so you can see what …
Demystifying The Lenormand: Playing the Game Of Hope Read More »
Ok, so we’ve established in my previous post on why many decks have playing card inserts and what they mean, that while the pips on Lenormand cards don’t change the meanings or have ‘extra’ ones exactly, that they can certainly deepen and enhance your Lenormand readings. So what I want to give you now is …
Lenormand Playing Card Inserts II: How To Use Them In Readings Read More »
First Off, Do You NEED The Playing Card Inserts? I first learned Lenormand well over a decade ago using the Lo Scarabeo deck – which doesn’t have playing card inserts at all, only the familiar Lenormand symbols. And they’ve worked brilliantly well for me like that in all sorts of spreads and situations This is …
Lenormand Playing Card Inserts I: What Are They For? Read More »
As you’ll know, I usually tend to stick to 3-card, 5-card, 9-card and Grand Tableau spreads, as they usually fulfil all my needs AND the smaller ones are actually ‘part of’ the jigsaw of the larger Grand Tableau. BUT, although I don’t use it in my own professional readings, I find that a Pyramid reading …
So in this post, I wanted to look again at the issue of Lenormand questions, but even more importantly, what the questions we ask tell us about how we frame the world, our problems, as well as our beliefs about the cards and how they “work” – spiritually, psychologically and in the big picture, the …
What Lenormand Readers Can Tell From The Questions You Ask Read More »
You may have heard me and other Lenormand readers/teachers going on (and on, and on) about not JUST relying on Lenormand lists all the time. But why? I mean, we put them here, right? Well, yes, they are incredibly useful to have to hand, especially when you start learning Lenormand and need a quick reference …
Have you ever wondered why some of the cards can, on the surface at least, seem to have almost the SAME meaning in a spread? And how you might tell the difference? And what the subtle differences are? Well, in this post, we’re going to look at some of the nuances between these cards in …
What’s The Difference? Meanings for Cards That Get Confused Read More »
With most of us stuck at home at the moment with little end in sight, time on our hands, and a need for perhaps deeper contemplation than usual, why not distract yourself from the ongoing crisis by practicing your Lenormand readings? Below is a list of ways you can use your cards, ranging from getting …
If you’ve been following my social media pages, you’ll have seen I’ve recently been doing regular (ish) three-card daily readings. Now, suddenly, inexplicably, we find ourselves in the middle of a global pandemic, and the world for most of us has been turned completely upside-down. How well do you think the cards drawn have captured …
As you start to explore and perhaps collect Lenormand decks, you’ll no doubt notice that some of the more modern decks often include additional cards. Sometimes these give you a choice of designs for the same card, but sometimes they are additional cards entirely, completely outside of the standard 36 with additional meanings. So in …
