Mlle Lenormand
This deck is rather different from your usual RW based deck in that there is no major and minor arcana and you use the whole 36 card deck for the reading.
The deck was designed by Mlle LeNormand in the 1780-90s in Paris. She went from rags to riches reading for the elite in France and predicted the downfall of Napoleon and others. She was also into Astrology and other esoteric methods.
There is more than one style of the deck. I have the deck printed in Switzerland which features pictures and a poem. The poems help to guide the reader on the meaning of the cards.
Mlle LeNormand's Spread:
Get the querent to shuffle the deck and cut it 3 times.
Deal out all the cards in four rows of eight, with the four leftover cards below the rows of eight.
In the deck are two cards that represent the querent. One is a male, one a female. Where the querent card falls will give meaning to the cards around it.
For instance: If the querent card falls in the centre, you will read cards to the left as the past, cards to the right as the future.
Cards close will have one meaning, cards far away another. You have to pay attention to combinations of cards. eg. Positive cards around a negative card will mean that the problem will not be as bad. Or a ring card next to the scythe will indicate an unhappy relationship.
Pictures of the deck: in the oracle cards section.
More info: www.serenapowers.com/lenormand.html
These cards are excellent for the intuitive reader.
The deck was designed by Mlle LeNormand in the 1780-90s in Paris. She went from rags to riches reading for the elite in France and predicted the downfall of Napoleon and others. She was also into Astrology and other esoteric methods.
There is more than one style of the deck. I have the deck printed in Switzerland which features pictures and a poem. The poems help to guide the reader on the meaning of the cards.
Mlle LeNormand's Spread:
Get the querent to shuffle the deck and cut it 3 times.
Deal out all the cards in four rows of eight, with the four leftover cards below the rows of eight.
In the deck are two cards that represent the querent. One is a male, one a female. Where the querent card falls will give meaning to the cards around it.
For instance: If the querent card falls in the centre, you will read cards to the left as the past, cards to the right as the future.
Cards close will have one meaning, cards far away another. You have to pay attention to combinations of cards. eg. Positive cards around a negative card will mean that the problem will not be as bad. Or a ring card next to the scythe will indicate an unhappy relationship.
Pictures of the deck: in the oracle cards section.
More info: www.serenapowers.com/lenormand.html
These cards are excellent for the intuitive reader.