Reading with Common Sense
For a long time, I have been completely opposed to using positional spreads with Lenormand. Well, kind of. While it’s true that I don’t use them much, they can have some utility. But I strongly believe that for most questions, using lines and tableaus are better as cards can be used in association....
If there is something people asking for a reading have difficulties expressing, it’s their choice between Lenormand or Tarot. Why one, or why the other? Or course, some know one of these tools and for them the choice is easy. But what of the others?...
Spreads come and go, we all like to change from time to time. About a dozen years ago, there was a spread I used quite a lot. I found it in the little white book that came with the Thoth Tarot. I see now that it’s usually referred to as the thoth spread…...
As we’ve seen in grand tableaus, using the houses is an invaluable technique, which can give a lot of precision in our readings. With a little bit of imagination, it is certainly also possible to use houses in smaller spreads....
The way we look at some spreads changes over time. I have often used different kinds of a 13 card draw in the past. I would like to show you how this spread evolved in my practice, and how I use it today....
How accurate are you when reading Lenormand for yourself? Or when reading for others? If you read only for yourself, it might not be as important. But if you start reading for others, being able to read the cards correctly is a must....
Cartomancy in Lenormand seems to be a subject not always very well understood. While I already wrote on that subject, I want to concentrate today on the court, kings, queens, and jacks....
The question of using tradition or intuition is one I see often in various cartomancy and tarot groups. Being a traditional reader or an intuitive reader. Well, most people use these terms without even defining them....
I love Lenormand for its predictive powers. But I would never limit the deck to giving predictions. It can be as good when questions are about advice. I think there is a myth in the cards communities that tarot is good for advice and Lenormand is good for predictions....
What do you do when there is no question? While I always insist on having a question when we want to read the cards, sometimes it just does not happen. The querent just does not want to ask for one. ...
Documentation on the Petit Lenormand has been very sparse until a few years ago. For example, the first book in french was written by Mary Marco and published in 1989, while the english speaking public had to wait until 2007 to get something....
It seems that these days the question we find the most in every facebook group on Lenormand is “what is going to happen today?” Usually, 3 cards are laid out to reply....
I have placed this blog on hiatus for a few weeks to give me the time to think about what I want it to become and check if some other media would be more interesting. And here comes youtube as a candidate....
As for the moment, most of us spend our days inside, confined between four walls, it seems perfectly natural that interaction increased on social media. As we’re lacking real life contact, we naturally turn to what remains, the virtual world of FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter and a few others. ...
Experimentation is always good for the mind. Be it with Lenormand or the Tarot, I always like to try new things. It is my conviction that, as a reader, we always have to evolve. Being stuck in a method or a way of doing readings forever looks to me like anorexia, a slow death....