shadowdancer
Hope this doesn't sound as contentious as the opening question suggests, but is more a point for musing I guess.
When I learned tarot many years ago, there were few books on the subject and nowhere near as many decks as there are now. I was taught by a guy over a period of 5 weeks and other than the nuts and bolts of key phrases, tying those in with the RWS led card imagery etc - that was it. And it serves me well to this day.
Fast forward to now, and we have a shedload of decks, books, systems, systems within systems etc. It has absolutely snowballed and I did raise the question some time ago as to whether we as users of tarot have perhaps made it more complex than was initially intended, or whether we have made it more complex than it needs to be. That opens up questions as to why, and whether it is going off at a tangent. No answer from me, just a thought. Instead of calling a duck a duck when that is what is in front of us, I suspect sometimes we feel we have to go deeper. And it made me have sympathy for those learning tarot in 2013 instead of back in the 80's when I learned. It must be absolutely mind blowing.
Anyways, as I understand Lenormand is only just rearing itself in English speaking countries and is still relatively 'new' as a system. Yes some decks are sprouting up, but still not many books.
So my question is this: Will it remain a pure and straightforward system based on its roots and historical usage, or will it be changed, adapted, enhanced, manipulated, extended etc in the same way tarot seems to have evolved. And if so, will that be a good thing, bad thing or what?
Personally I suspect there will be a flood of books to the market with each author giving their take of the sytem and in 10 years time it may not be used in the same way it was perhaps in years gone by in Europe. Therefore I am not sure it will still be strictly speaking Lenormand. Some may be bandwagon jumping and making the most of the fact there is a fresh and relatively untapped market. Some may be genuinely offering something they believe is of value to enhance this system of using cards. Some may well muddy the waters and cause confusion.
I am new to this, and have my one and only deck (if the meanings are the same for each card I see absolutely no need to have different decks) and my first and hopefully only book on their way to me. I am excited and feel how I did all those years ago when I learned the tarot.
Just posed this as a thought really. I had an hour long chat with my partner about it, and we both realised human nature is a complex thing indeed.
When I learned tarot many years ago, there were few books on the subject and nowhere near as many decks as there are now. I was taught by a guy over a period of 5 weeks and other than the nuts and bolts of key phrases, tying those in with the RWS led card imagery etc - that was it. And it serves me well to this day.
Fast forward to now, and we have a shedload of decks, books, systems, systems within systems etc. It has absolutely snowballed and I did raise the question some time ago as to whether we as users of tarot have perhaps made it more complex than was initially intended, or whether we have made it more complex than it needs to be. That opens up questions as to why, and whether it is going off at a tangent. No answer from me, just a thought. Instead of calling a duck a duck when that is what is in front of us, I suspect sometimes we feel we have to go deeper. And it made me have sympathy for those learning tarot in 2013 instead of back in the 80's when I learned. It must be absolutely mind blowing.
Anyways, as I understand Lenormand is only just rearing itself in English speaking countries and is still relatively 'new' as a system. Yes some decks are sprouting up, but still not many books.
So my question is this: Will it remain a pure and straightforward system based on its roots and historical usage, or will it be changed, adapted, enhanced, manipulated, extended etc in the same way tarot seems to have evolved. And if so, will that be a good thing, bad thing or what?
Personally I suspect there will be a flood of books to the market with each author giving their take of the sytem and in 10 years time it may not be used in the same way it was perhaps in years gone by in Europe. Therefore I am not sure it will still be strictly speaking Lenormand. Some may be bandwagon jumping and making the most of the fact there is a fresh and relatively untapped market. Some may be genuinely offering something they believe is of value to enhance this system of using cards. Some may well muddy the waters and cause confusion.
I am new to this, and have my one and only deck (if the meanings are the same for each card I see absolutely no need to have different decks) and my first and hopefully only book on their way to me. I am excited and feel how I did all those years ago when I learned the tarot.
Just posed this as a thought really. I had an hour long chat with my partner about it, and we both realised human nature is a complex thing indeed.
