GotH
I agree one hundred per cent with this - in my experience with both decks, the base card is what the question is about.
I also always sneak a peak at the bottom of my deck, and I will also add up the numerical values to get a Lenormand summary card. Squeeze all you can out of your reading!
I'm all for squeezing as much info I can out of the cards. Lenormand quints work too! And here I thought the houses were plenty enough..
Thanks P..