AUTHOR'S NOTE: This essay has been brewing for over a year but it was finally triggered by a recent online conversation with my original Lenormand mentor-at-large from Aeclectic Tarot, Andy Boroveshengra. It arises from an unpleasant experience I had on one of the Lenormand Facebook pages. First a bit of stage-setting. When I lived in … Continue reading Lenormand Tradition: Still Breathing or Left for Undead?
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Uncomfortable Questions and Hidden Variables: Tarot and Lenormand on the Witness Stand
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Although the inspiration for this essay came from reading about the design of scientific experiments in quantum physics, I identified parallels between that model and my style of cartomantic interpretation. The opinion of the experimental researcher was that mainstream physicists are typically unwilling to contemplate uncomfortable questions or probe hidden variables if those … Continue reading Uncomfortable Questions and Hidden Variables: Tarot and Lenormand on the Witness Stand
Relationship Potential: A Lenormand “Cross” Reading
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
“Resource Management” Cards in Lenormand Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth installment of the series in which I'm experimenting with informally linking the 36 Lenormand cards to the 12 signs and 36 decanates of the astrological zodiac. This time I'm looking at the sign of Taurus and its "native" 2nd House as indicators of personal resource management. I'm bringing in … Continue reading “Resource Management” Cards in Lenormand Reading
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
The Maverick Cartomant, Part 1: Lenormand
AUTHOR'S NOTE: As I back away from involvement in the online tarot community, a decision I mentioned in a recent post, I've been seeking other divination sites that share my more exacting standards and expectations. One discipline with which I've spent a good deal of time over the last fourteen years is Lenormand reading, but … Continue reading The Maverick Cartomant, Part 1: Lenormand
“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
Sensible Divination – Oh, My Stars and Cards!
Those of a certain age will remember Bullwinkle Moose exclaiming "Oh, my stars and garters!" whenever something surprised him, and I certainly resemble that remark (chronologically if not semantically since a certain rude three-letter acronym now replaces such quaint language). AUTHOR'S NOTE: When I began my esoteric journey as an astrologer in 1970, I was … Continue reading Sensible Divination – Oh, My Stars and Cards!
“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
The “Targeted” Grand Tableau
AUTHOR'S NOTE: During the brief time I spent in the traditionalist enclave of the online Lenormmand community (it turned out that, even though I adhere closely to historical methods, my original ideas were still too "experimental" for them), I picked up a concept that I have yet to fully explore in my own work. I … Continue reading The “Targeted” Grand Tableau
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 