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
Lenormand Spreads
“Distributed Lenormand” – Normalizing the Grand Tableau
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I recently performed a Grand Tableau (GT) in which all of the negative cards were scattered far-and-wide throughout the population. Few of them appeared in close combination with either the topic cards or each other, making for what I told the sitter looked like a "roller-coaster ride" of ups-and-downs with only a couple … Continue reading “Distributed Lenormand” – Normalizing the Grand Tableau
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 101” in Brief
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Even with nearly twelve years of study and practice behind me, I'm still far less experienced with divination using the Lenormand cards than I am with tarot reading after five decades of involvement, so I haven't felt confident (or competent) in publishing a Lenormand e-book to accompany my five tarot volumes. The fact … Continue reading “Lenormand 101” in Brief
The “Mystical Month” and the “Practical Month” – A Two-Stage New Moon Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: As I prepared to do my monthly New Moon reading at the end of February, I decided to separate it into two complementary halves: a "mystical" path reflected in tarot cards and a "practical" trajectory defined by Lenormand cards. The tarot cards are intended to provide a subliminal or psychic impression of the … Continue reading The “Mystical Month” and the “Practical Month” – A Two-Stage New Moon Reading
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
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
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
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 