Nickigirl
Thanks! I do realize Anthony Louis doesn't recommend the 6x6 as a spread. Actually, I think that location 186 of the Ebook is the only place he mentions it. He states: "According to the rules for the Game of Hope at the British Museum[7], the 36 picture cards which now form the Lenormand deck were laid out in a square with six picture cards on each side (6 x 6 = 36)."
This is the comment that got me wondering about the kinds of spreads we use and how we lay them out. It made me wonder why the 6x6 layout used when playing the Game of Hope isn't the spread we use now. Where did the 8x4+4 and the 9x4 layouts come from anyway? Are those traditional to some other type of cartomancy that pre-dates the Lenormand as we know it?
This is the comment that got me wondering about the kinds of spreads we use and how we lay them out. It made me wonder why the 6x6 layout used when playing the Game of Hope isn't the spread we use now. Where did the 8x4+4 and the 9x4 layouts come from anyway? Are those traditional to some other type of cartomancy that pre-dates the Lenormand as we know it?