greatdane, I wanted to contribute to your thread here and add to what I already told you. If my 6 year old son can read Lenormand, I can't believe you can't. Or anyone else for that matter. I've never been able to understand people's troubles with Lenormand, I think they create them themselves. Tarot is different but Lenormand works on a very deep, very basic level with your mind and all you have to do is just go back to your basic knowledge. Go back to the time when Sun meant "play and fun and happy", Anchor meant "harbour and safety", Bear meant "power, strength and authority (king of forest)", Bouquet meant "beauty, mama's gift and party (mam gets a gift for her party)"... There is no way a child can do it and you can't. I'll never promote the books, blogs and courses hysteria because I don't see the point in it. If you have children or grandchildren or nieces, give them the cards, let them play and create stories and you'll see how very simple and genial Lenormand is. Once you've let yourself feel it this way, all will start developing further and you'll add more meanings. There will be cards for which you'll have to explain a little, like I had to tell my son the Rider was bringing messages at those times the cards were created but he guessed correctly same Rider was someone coming for a visit. He did notice the Lily was "beautiful but serious and serene" while the Bouquet was "beautiful and merry"... It's all very very simple, believe me. Let your mind react to those symbols because they are on the cards for a purpose. If we were in Mlle. Lenormend's times, it would be different, but we are not. And most probably her drawings had significant associations too. But in any case, now we have the advantage of relying on centuries old symbolism which speaks directly to our mind. This will bring to you the most traditional meanings of Lenormand you will ever encounter.
That's how I learned, that's how my grandmother learned, my son is learning this way and so on. You don't need anyone for this.
