AUTHOR'S NOTE: I prefer to keep my Lenormand practice free of entanglement with other modes of divination: that means no mingling with tarot or astrology and no psychic conjecture based on free-association from the images. I'm more practical and literal than eclectic and improvisational in my interpretation, and my use of intuition in Lenormand reading … Continue reading Lenormand and Astrology: Strange Bedfellows?
Month: January 2025
Airing Out the Tradition: When “Organic” Trumps “Scientific”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Although he was addressing Medieval poetry and poets in The Discarded Image, C.S. Lewis made several observations that can be directly applied to the diviner's approach to cartomantic tradition.* He mentioned that many literary works of that era were an amalgam and synthesis (or at worst a pastiche) of contributions by a host … Continue reading Airing Out the Tradition: When “Organic” Trumps “Scientific”
Into the Mystic: The Triangular Grand Tableau
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Very little about the Lenormand system of divination can be called metaphysical or psychological, and as a nominal traditionalist I believe this is appropriate despite efforts by tarot transplants to hijack it with their intuitive and psychic sensibilities. But I've been re-reading the Lenormand Symbols e-book by Anthony Louis and decided to take … Continue reading Into the Mystic: The Triangular Grand Tableau
Grand Tableau for 2025
AUTHOR'S NOTE: It's been a while since I last worked with the Lenormand cards because I've been busily studying the impact of Medieval culture on the tarot, but here is my customary New Year's Eve Grand Tableau for the next twelve months, giving me a chance to exercise my new Le Lenormand a la Vincent … Continue reading Grand Tableau for 2025
Just Read the Cards! (Telling the Tale for its Own Sake)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In my opinion, every tarot reader should adopt the modest approach of the best Medieval writing by simply "telling the tale for its own sake" as described by C.S. Lewis in The Discarded Image.* In other words, we should "just read the cards" without trying to inject our own rational and ethical preconceptions, … Continue reading Just Read the Cards! (Telling the Tale for its Own Sake)
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 