AUTHOR'S NOTE: When Lenormand experts are confronted with the question of whether tarot cards can be paired with traditional Lenormand spreads, they sound the alarm and man the battlements. But in keeping with my current action-and-event-based approach to tarot, I can see how the Minor Arcana might be used in a manner similar to the … Continue reading A Tarot Grand Tableau: Cross-Cutting Heresy
Life-reading Spreads
The “Double-Axle” Energy Rotation Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I often contemplate the operation of "centrifugal" (externalizing) and "centripetal" (internalizing) metaphysical forces as they can be applied to the practice of tarot, something I used to good effect in working up my personal set of definitions for the Tarot de Marseille pips. Here is a spread constructed on those principles. (It is … Continue reading The “Double-Axle” Energy Rotation Spread
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”
Lunar Month Look-Ahead for October-November 2023
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I intend to perform a New Moon reading promptly for every month in which I remember to do so, but I don't always succeed; so here is my slightly-delayed personal Lunar Month forecast for the cycle that began with the New Moon on October 14, 2023. I'm using the latest version of this … Continue reading Lunar Month Look-Ahead for October-November 2023
The “Weekly Keynote” High-Focus Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The aim of this spread is to highlight the one day during an upcoming week that has the most potential to be momentous in some way. It uses two decks (one for the 7-day baseline row and the other for the three-card daily reading); seven dominoes of the appropriate denomination are also required. … Continue reading The “Weekly Keynote” High-Focus Reading
The Actors and the Plot: The Dramatis Personae of the Tarot
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've always felt that the purpose of working with the tarot on a regular basis is to acquire wisdom and thus to become more savvy day-by-day. Our daily experiences are often a product of our mental state, except to the extent that we're in thrall to the agenda of someone else, either individually … Continue reading The Actors and the Plot: The Dramatis Personae of the Tarot
The Monthly Grand Tableau: A Structured Approach
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've always viewed the Lenormand Grand Tableau as a "long-range, big-picture" spread that can address any and all questions in a single pass over a 6-12 month period, but in online discussions I see that many people use it for shorter-duration readings of a more focused nature. I already do a monthly New … Continue reading The Monthly Grand Tableau: A Structured Approach
Lenormand “Clutter Cards” – An Unpopular Opinion
AUTHOR'S NOTE: No, that isn't a typo. There is an assumption in Lenormand circles that nearly all of the life-area or "theme" cards are joined by other cards of a trivially congruent nature - together called "clusters" - that reinforce the message, and that all of these cards should be considered as part of the … Continue reading Lenormand “Clutter Cards” – An Unpopular Opinion
A Lenormand Personality Matrix Example Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: After five decades of self-analysis using various metaphysical techniques, I understand myself much better than I know anyone else, so I decided to test this psychological profiling method on my own character by asking "Who am I now?" At least on the surface, the overall picture isn't very encouraging (as one might expect … Continue reading A Lenormand Personality Matrix Example Reading
Best Foot Forward: A Lenormand Personality Matrix
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Although I very seldom use the Lenormand cards for any psychological purpose (subconscious self-awareness, mind-reading, character analysis, personality profiling, etc), I'm always looking for legitimate ways to do so that won't outrage my non-mystical cartomantic sensibilities. Here's one that comes from a "best-case-scenario" perspective that can be used as a template for a … Continue reading Best Foot Forward: A Lenormand Personality Matrix
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 