Many Lenormand readers love the cards and Lenormand system precisely because of its long tradition. The classic German decks like the Blue Owl Lenormand and others all make use of 18th Century imagery and cultural ideas from the European world as it was then and that simplicity and tradition is appealing to many of us. The …
The cards I pulled for this week are as follows: Woman—Tree—GARDEN—Rider—Ring Woman—Vitality—Social—Arrival/Visit—Agreement Keycard GARDEN = Social life, public, out there Centre Cards Tree-Garden = Public or social vitality, growth, health Garden-Rider = Upcoming publicity or social life Mirroring Woman-Ring = Promised, agreed or arranged woman Tree-Rider = Upcoming health and vitality So this …
Do you mainly read Lenormand cards for yourself? Do you keep a Lenormand journal? As you’ll know if you visit here often and read my personal weekly spreads, I read cards for myself regularly – and find them a useful personal tool. That said, some readers avoid this and only read for friends and family, …
I hope everyone had a lovely Easter. I’m SO glad to be back after the blog went down for a day or so this week and really appreciate you all for sticking with me! Meanwhile, it’s gorgeous and sunny here in the UK, my seedlings for my flowers and veg are all germinating happily on my …
One question I’ve been asked quite a bit with regard to readings is how you link the separate card meanings and combinations into a coherent narrative or story, rather than just a list of meanings. So to answer this question, let’s start by imagining you have a simple three card spread, as follows: Snake—Ship—Ring Betrayal/Problem—Journey—Agreement/Contract/Deal …
This is one of the simplest Lenormand readings you can do. It’s suitable in particular for daily journal readings, or for when you need a very quick overview of a situation. You can also use it for basic Past, Present, Future readings. I’ll give you two different methods here for using a 3-card spread. Be …
In view of my recent focus on the importance of questions in reading Lenormand, I thought it was high time I took my own advice in my weekly readings! So this week I asked not just “What’s coming up this week?” but: What Is The Most Important Thing Coming Up For Me This Week? Here …
As I said in my previous post, Lenormand is an intuitive card-reading system which is based on universal symbols and meanings. To be able to use Lenormand most effectively and confidently, you have to start building an intuitive relationship with your cards. A lot of this is to do with having an instinctive understanding of …
One of the biggest areas of difficulty and confusion I see from people when they’re starting to learn Lenormand is getting to grips with the number of potential Lenormand card meanings. I know. You check your books, you go round all the Lenormand websites looking at lists and examples, and find yourself thinking things like: …
Getting an accurate and useful reading with Lenormand is more often than not about making sure you get the question right. As you’ll see from my previous experiment with keeping a three-card-a-day journal for a week, the overall message really is that you’ll get out the quality that you put in. You’ll find that often …