Lenormand? Interpretation of the cards
Lenormand: That's what the cards tell you
The Lenormand cards are named after the famous 19th-century French fortune-teller and fortune-teller Marie-Anne Adélaïde Lenormand (1772-1843), who did not use the cards themselves. Only after her death were the grand jeu de Mlle Lenormand published with 54 cards and around 1850 the Petit Lenormand with 36 cards, the deck that is used mostly today.
What do the 36 Lenormand cards mean?
In a nutshell, the individual images of Lenormand mean:
1 rider: Good news, new beginning
2 clover: Luck, carelessness
3 ship: Travel, change, profit
4 house: Stability, stability, family, profit
5 tree: Health, long life
6 clouds: uncertainty
7 queue: List, seduction, betrayal, detour
8 casket: Illness, death, letting go
9 bouquet of flowers: Happiness, hope, gift, invitation
10 scythe: danger
11 rod: Quarrel, worries
12 birds: Moving, restlessness, a lot of work, observation
13 child: Child, new beginning, esteem
14 fox: Dishonesty, lies, fraud
15 bear: Power, an elderly person, strength, the supervisor
16 stars: Clarity, knowledge, happiness
17 stork: Change, travel, move
18 dog: Friendship, loyalty
19 tower: Resistance, loneliness, office, managerial activity
20 park: Public, sociability
21 mountain: Obstacle, powerful enemies
22 way: different possibilities, decision, way out
23 mice: Loss, theft, defeat
24 heart: Luck, love
25 ring: Marriage, contract, agreement, turning in circles
26 book: Secret, education
27 letter: message
28 Lord: the questioner or the partner / dream man of the questioner
29 lady: the questioner or the partner of the questioner
30 lily: Intimacy, sexuality
31 sun: Luck, strength, creativity
32 moon: Feelings, recognition, fame
33 keys: Security, success
34 fish: Unconscious, finances
35 anchors: Work, diligence, support, mindfulness
36 cross: Grief, burden, destiny
The symbol language of the Lenormand cards is simpler than that of the Tarot cards. Therefore, they are easier to interpret for beginners than card oracle usually easier.
Lenormand Interpretation: Variations on the subject of maps
The cards of Mlle Lenormand are available today in a variety of designs. The numerical value and the symbolic picture motif appear on them in any case, the latter like drawn in the Biedermeier style of the first card editions, but also in more modern interpretations.
Often as a small card in the map also the corresponding leaf in the French colors heart, cross, spades or diamonds added, so you can use the Lenormand as a skat card oracle. So corresponds to the Lenormand fox z. For example, the Nine Cross in the Skat Sheet, the Lenormand Casket of Nine, and the Lenormand Serpent of the Cross Lady.
In other editions, instead of the skat cards or next to them, short rhyming verses appear, supplementing a small guide to the interpretation of the map. The so-called Lenormand flashcards even systematically list what this card is? in general, for love, for professional or health issues? has to mean whether it is to be assessed as positive or negative and whether its prognosis applies in the short or long term.
How do I properly set up Lenormand cards?
In principle, you can use the Lenormand cards just as well as the Tarot cards: From an edition of your choice, you can draw a day card as a short-term forecast, but you can also ask your Lenormands as a Celtic cross, as a love oracle or any other placement system.
However, they are particularly well suited for the so-called "Grand Chalkboard", the classic fortune-telling method in card making. For this you mix the 36 cards and then put them completely in four rows of nine cards. The closer to you (as the questioner, ie the "lady", card no. 29), the more cards your messages have for your current situation. In the overall picture, the cards complement or relativise each other's meaning. If, for example, a negative card such as the "Sense" (No.10) is in direct proximity to the "Lucky Clover" (No. 2), the traditional alternative is the traditional Lenormand saying: "Cloverleaf alone, includes the joy. Are clouds floating around, turning to suffering? " Have fun with the interpretation of the entire map!
