AUTHOR'S NOTE: Once again, I'm looking at romantic relationship potential with the Lenormand cards. Such theorizing is more commonly the purview of the online tarot reader, and none of the typical Lenormand "love" markers showed up in this limited pull, but it was a valid test of my six-card "expanded cross" layout that hangs together … Continue reading Relationship Potential: A Lenormand “Cross” Reading
Lenormand Readings
Florida Vacation: A Lenormand Snapshot
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Every year at this time we begin to anticipate our month-long vacation in Florida. In 2026 it will be in March instead of February, which we assume will bring warmer weather. This is my adaptation of the French Cross spread for use with the Lenormand cards. The reading is divided into two parts: … Continue reading Florida Vacation: A Lenormand Snapshot
Revisiting the Six-Card Lenormand Mini-Tableau
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I created this simple design some time ago based on a segment lifted from the Lenormand Grand Tableau (GT) and decided to elaborate on its use. I took my original cue from the linear "narrative" approach to interpretation as opposed to the noun/qualifier "descriptive" style of reading, and grafted it onto the structure … Continue reading Revisiting the Six-Card Lenormand Mini-Tableau
The “Lenormand Persona” Self-Analysis Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Although I seldom use the Lenormand cards for any kind of psycho-spiritual exploration since they are better-suited to practical matters, I was asked to come up with a personality-focused spread that can be performed in conjunction with "body work." I already have a layout that was designed around the Celtic mind/body/spirit version of … Continue reading The “Lenormand Persona” Self-Analysis Spread
“Me, Myself and I” – A Self-Awareness Profile
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I was asked to develop a Lenormand spread that provides a comprehensive self-awareness profile for a querent who will be intentionally represented in my design by a pre-selected "Significator" card (either the Gentleman or the Lady). I decided to separate it into an "Ego/Body Awareness Arc" based on the clockwise daily motion of … Continue reading “Me, Myself and I” – A Self-Awareness Profile
Lenormand: Wisdom In A Cup
AUTHOR'S NOTE: As Mary K. Greer has pointed out, the original source for many of the Lenormand card descriptions was not solely the German Game of Hope (although that added to the vocabulary), but rather the practice of "coffee-ground" divination that predated it, at first in the Middle East and later in Europe. Among the … Continue reading Lenormand: Wisdom In A Cup
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
The “Response-Spectrum Tableau” – A Tarot, Lenormand and Dice Decision-Making Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is a mixed-media spread that combines tarot cards with Lenormand cards and dice to come up with a tableau that offers a range of inputs for making an important decision. Begin by shuffling a Lenormand deck while concentrating on the topic of interest, then deal five cards face-down from left-to-right in the … Continue reading The “Response-Spectrum Tableau” – A Tarot, Lenormand and Dice Decision-Making Spread
Just Walk Away: A Mixed-Media Situational Awareness Spread and Example Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This time around I'm bringing three different forms of divination together for a single inquiry: tarot, Lenormand and numerology (as expressed by standard dice). To establish some visual continuity, I'm using the Waite-Smith Centennial Edition with artwork by Pamela Colman Smith and Pixie's Astounding Lenormand by Edmund Zebrowski with artwork inspired by Pamela … Continue reading Just Walk Away: A Mixed-Media Situational Awareness Spread and Example Reading
Romance in the Making? – A Lenormand “Cross” Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a reading for a man who has romantic inclinations toward a woman (and suspects she harbors similar sentiments toward him). He wants to know what may transpire between them during an upcoming gathering. Before I begin, there is a convention in Lenormand reading that if the Heart is absent, there will … Continue reading Romance in the Making? – A Lenormand “Cross” Reading
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