French Lenormand tradition?

[andybc]

Here are genuine French meanings:

http://users.skynet.be/moony/pagecarte2.htm

If you want more search cartes petit Lenormand. I've gone through these, and they are pretty sound.

[IheartTarot]

Originally Posted by andybc

Here are genuine French meanings:

http://users.skynet.be/moony/pagecarte2.htm

If you want more search cartes petit Lenormand. I've gone through these, and they are pretty sound.

Thank you

[Ronia]

Originally Posted by IheartTarot

Thanks andybc! I appreciate the source reference.



Thanks, I found this and it is interesting but no sources are listed and that is my problem with most references to the "French tradition" and why I started this thread. I want to be able to back it up with more than someone's say so (no offence to anyone here).

No, you can't find a source because I've collected them through people and readings (there, in France). I posted here my notes basically.

[IheartTarot]

Originally Posted by Ronia

No, you can't find a source because I've collected them through people and readings (there, in France). I posted here my notes basically.

Thanks Ronia, I understand.

[lord_ewin]

Originally Posted by IheartTarot

LE, can you be more specific regarding "the French method" you were influenced by? Did you learn from a person or a book and if so which author?

The one and only book that I have had on le petit lenormand was "La divination - Par les cartes du petit Lenormand" by Erna Droesbeke. I later lent it to a friend and have yet to see it again, so I don't remember off hand what it mentions. That said, I used it as a basis back when I first started and have since moved into my own definitions. I'd be curious to see how much I've deviated over the years...!

What has greatly influenced me since then is AT and everyone here. Sometimes they find uncanny definitions that I like, and they've since stuck too. I was also influenced by the lady who first showed me the cards... So it's just a hodge podge in my case, but I used to only read up down, sideways and diagonals. I've since added Treppner, but have kept to my own definitions.

[IheartTarot]

Originally Posted by lord_ewin

The one and only book that I have had on le petit lenormand was "La divination - Par les cartes du petit Lenormand" by Erna Droesbeke. I later lent it to a friend and have yet to see it again, so I don't remember off hand what it mentions. That said, I used it as a basis back when I first started and have since moved into my own definitions.

Thanks LE!

There seems to be a lot of crossover between Dutch, Belgian and French systems. I suspect this may have something to do with the fact that fortune-telling was illegal in France from the early 19th century until recently, restricting what was published there.

[andybc]

Originally Posted by IheartTarot

Thanks LE!

There seems to be a lot of crossover between Dutch, Belgian and French systems. I suspect this may have something to do with the fact that fortune-telling was illegal in France from the early 19th century until recently, restricting what was published there.

Most of the books in Belgium on Lenormand are French based. Erna Droesbeke von Enge is the Lenormand book I had, it was published in Dutch, French, and English. The book is the basis of the Carta Mundi LWB.

Its like the Spanish school which is a subtype of the German. The variations come in interpretations

[IheartTarot]

Originally Posted by andybc

Most of the books in Belgium on Lenormand are French based. Erna Droesbeke von Enge is the Lenormand book I had, it was published in Dutch, French, and English. The book is the basis of the Carta Mundi LWB.

Thanks andybc, I have the English version of the Carta Mundi deck and the LWB is quite comprehensive. The information is from "Kartenlegen mit Mademoiselle Lenormand" by Erna Droesbeke.

[andybc]

Originally Posted by IheartTarot

Thanks andybc, I have the English version of the Carta Mundi deck and the LWB is quite comprehensive. The information is from "Kartenlegen mit Mademoiselle Lenormand" by Erna Droesbeke.

Yep, it's all the same book. In England it was called "The Oracle of Mlle. Lenormand". For some reason there is problems with the rights, and hence why there is no new print.

You can still get it in Dutch, German, and French. When I recommended it on my blog, a few people said you could still find it in Australia second hand. It came with a copy of the Blue Eule deck.

It was a great a book - far more content than Britta, Mario dos Ventos or Sylvie's.

[lord_ewin]

Originally Posted by andybc

Yep, it's all the same book. In England it was called "The Oracle of Mlle. Lenormand". For some reason there is problems with the rights, and hence why there is no new print.

You can still get it in Dutch, German, and French. When I recommended it on my blog, a few people said you could still find it in Australia second hand. It came with a copy of the Blue Eule deck.

It was a great a book - far more content than Britta, Mario dos Ventos or Sylvie's.

Is that the same book that I mentioned? La divination - Par les cartes du petit Lenormand
Erna Droesbeke? I know she has at least two.