DownUnderNZer
When it comes to learning the Lenormand what are your main experiences when it comes to not understanding cards/meanings/combos etc.
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I picked the wrong choice above. Let it to me to screw up the poll. :/
I have trouble with certain combos.
My biggest problem is when laying a daily spread with no subject. Some days the cards are crystal clear and other days the cards make no sense whatsoever, even in hindsight.
I find that I have much better success when I stick to basic meanings and don't try to reach for an intuitive or alternative meaning. To me the Snake is a malicious attack not a beautiful woman or a cold or highly intelligent woman. Snake will bite me.
Some days I love the cards, and other days I wish I had never laid eyes on them.
I just recently began working with Lenormand, but I wanted to jump in on this wondering how many others have trouble with reading certain combinations of cards?
I think my main difficulty is that combinations can mean anything whatsoever and you only really know what after the event! When I look at different possibilities of combos, really, the cards can mean anything and everything... but - you know - I keep trying ...
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My main issue, which is really more minor than major, is a sub-set of the "cards-in-pairs" choice: the subtleties of meaning between what a card means when coming before or after another card. Take, for example, the Mice. In Andy's book he says whatever comes before the Mice is what is being diminished, and whatever comes after it shows the consequences of that diminishing. But I've also seen other writers say whatever comes after the Mice is what is being diminished. The same is true with the "directional" focus of the Scythe. So far I'm finding Andy's approach to sequencing the most useful, but it's not the only one so I'm never entirely easy in my mind about the correct interpretation. When the sequence isn't as clear as these examples, I just "wing it" and make the best I can out of the combination using the "linguistic" approach, but my analytical nature feels a bit stymied.
I find it really hard to understand how to read a specific card when it falls in its own house in the full Lenormand spread. Some combos are also difficult to read, when I try to read only a few cards. This is why I find for myself I do better when I just lay out the full 36 cards in a 8 x 4 + 4 spread. Reading this way, and seeing the specific card in a specific house allows me to rely on how it affects the specific question. But, I wish I felt more confident in reading just 3 or 5 cards together rather then the whole deck.
Thank you for saying this, this is exactly my problem. For me, it's not so much a problem with reading per se, but it adds to my being troubled when some readers give the impression that they're simply following their system and it leads inexorably to their conclusion, and that everyone following generally the same system will arrive at more or less the same conclusions.I think my main difficulty is that combinations can mean anything whatsoever and you only really know what after the event! When I look at different possibilities of combos, really, the cards can mean anything and everything... but - you know - I keep trying ...