Inthetree
Thank you Ashtaroot, Le Fanu, and Cardlady for all the fantastic links! I love the notebook idea, and combining the tarot with the Lenormand seems like a great way to get to know the cards while expanding tarot readings at the same time.
greatdane said:I told an ATer once I thought the Lenormand was deceptively simple, but I'm not sure if it's really deceptively complex...in it's simplicity?
greatdane said:I was curious why some prefer Lenormands at times over other oracle decks or tarot. What does a Lenormand do for you other decks don't?
cardlady22 said:Was it NoCoolName, by chance?
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=81619
Le Fanu said:Gorge on this feast.
Every time this subject comes up, I remember that there was a thread here on AT which helped me enormously when I first started. It went through the cards (one thread; all cards) one by one and gave meanings which resonated with me. I bought a small notebook and started building up my own meanings in conjunction with these meanings and really felt that I had found something to get me started.
Of course, I cannot locate it now (though it was linked to me in another thread by some kind soul when I was - again - bemoaning the fact that I couldn't find it!).
It was posted by a (German?) member? I seem to remember it had some translations as it worked though each card, though I could be mistaken.
I have no way of searching for this, other than "Lenormand" in the Lenormand Forum which, as you can imagine, brings up rather a lot...
I would say that many people read in this way; of thinking of a row of cards like a sentence and building up meaning that way. I'm most certainly not original in any way when it comes to reading with Lenormands and there are way more experienced readers than me. I am a relative newbie compared to a lot here.MagsStardustBlack said:I loved your post further up the thread of how you read Lenormand, truly intriguing. I would love to try this method when i get a Lenormand deck and see if it works for me, and if it doesn't it sounds a fun way to get acquainted with a new deck and getting to know the cards. Is this your particular style Le Fanu? Or did you learn it else where? I'm curious as someone once said that you need to find your own key for reading cards (i don't have my own key), so i try borrowing other peoples ideas to see if they work for me.
What Lenormand is your fav'?
Le Fanu said:I would say my favourite is the Melissa, but - funny - after thinking about this thread yesterday I went to bed and had a look though my Mystical Lenormand (seen here in a spread by Seaqueen. Cards can be enlarged by clicking) and I hadn't looked at it for ages and I found it so charming and pretty and inviting and fell in love with it all over again. I also love the French Cartomancy deck and the AG Muller Gypsy Lenormand. But I would say the Melissa and the Mystical Lenormand are my favourites.