AUTHOR'S NOTE: There is a common practice when reading the Lenormand five-card cross and nine-card "box" by which the central "topic" card (aka Significator) is intentionally chosen to represent the subject of the reading. Some traditional readers don't use this approach and instead allow the Significator to fall randomly. I can see advantages to both … Continue reading Lenormand Techniques: Intention and Realization in the Topic Card
Lenormand Readings
Lunar Month Look-Ahead for November – December, 2023: A “Double Feature”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: For my New Moon forecast this month I'm doing both my normal monthly reading with the tarot and a Lenormand Grand Tableau overview to get a different perspective on the next four weeks. (I need more practice with the GT.) The eight lunar sub-phases for the period are as follows; each span is … Continue reading Lunar Month Look-Ahead for November – December, 2023: A “Double Feature”
A “Lenormand Lost & Found” Missing-Person Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Continuing to follow up on my recent missing-person "cold case," I ran my Lenormand lost & found spread to see if it tells me anything new. The short answer is "No." It doesn't turn over any new ground but it offers some encouragement. For this reading I chose the "unlucky" Jack of Clubs … Continue reading A “Lenormand Lost & Found” Missing-Person Reading
The “Game of Fate” Multi-Track Answer Tableau
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here I'm taking my four-card "window" premise with its inner and outer dynamic flow and turning it into a divinatory board game that can be used to decide between two or more choices with unknown potential. In this example I'm using two tokens (Chinese coins) to represent the "players" (who may in fact … Continue reading The “Game of Fate” Multi-Track Answer Tableau
Glimpses From The Window: Combating “Card-Blindness”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In The Petit Lenormand Oracle, Lisa Young-Sutton offers insights about the problem of becoming "card-blind" while attempting to read a Grand Tableau, a malady that can arise due to the convoluted layers of information created by the various "sub-routines" - in particular the "house" system - once everything is compiled and delineated. In … Continue reading Glimpses From The Window: Combating “Card-Blindness”
Lenormand Lost & Found: A Novel Approach
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is something for my Lenormand followers since I already posted on tarot today. In the past I've used horary astrologer John Frawley's sign-and-house meanings to create tarot spreads for the purpose of locating lost items and missing people. I haven't been so diligent with Lenormand, so here I will attempt to rectify … Continue reading Lenormand Lost & Found: A Novel Approach
A “Lenormand Whodunnit” Real-Life Case Study
AUTHOR'S NOTE: For those who are interested in my Lenormand "cold-case" approach, here is a real-life example reading. Not long ago I was contacted by a woman who saw my past missing-person work and was asking for help with an unofficial inquiry she is heading up on behalf of a friend. She acknowledged that the … Continue reading A “Lenormand Whodunnit” Real-Life Case Study
A Lenormand “Whodunnit” Tableau & Example Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Those who have been following this blog know that I have an abiding interest in criminal "cold-case" readings. I normally use horary astrology and tarot for this purpose, but here I'm exploring an interesting way to apply the Lenormand cards. The first thing I did was locate all of the cards that could … Continue reading A Lenormand “Whodunnit” Tableau & Example Reading
Lenormand and the Tetractys Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Some time ago I created a 10-card "tetractys" (aka "decad") spread based on a template I found on-line, applying my own modifications to personalize it. I intended to use it only with tarot cards. However, while reading Lisa Young-Sutton's book, The Petit Lenormand Oracle, I encountered her use of the 10-card "pyramid" spread, … Continue reading Lenormand and the Tetractys Spread
“Stay or Go?” – A Nautical Allegory
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is an exercise in reading the Lenormand two-card combination, illustrated by a scenario involving the Ship and the Anchor that I touched on briefly in a previous post but now want to explore at greater length by examining the order in which the cards appear in the spread. The Anchor is above … Continue reading “Stay or Go?” – A Nautical Allegory
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 