Kara
Hi all! I'm posting here some spreads I love, for everyone. They most likely work with all systems, that's why I made a separate thread for them.
The books I have about the cards are not all in english, and I have no idea if there are english translations, but somehow I'm pretty sure there are. It should be easy to find out. Three of my books on Lenormand cards (maybe someone could start a thread on that, book recommendations):
*la diviniation par les cartes du Petit Lenormand by Erna Droesbeke
*Wahrsagen mit Karten der Madame Lenormand by Bernd A. Metz
*Die Lenormand-Karten by Anne L. Biwer
I have more, but these three I can really recommend - dug them out after a loooong time again, after coming on here, and it was like reading them for the first time again..
For starters, my favourites:
The Question Game:
Choose a card that represents your question. Put it back into your deck and shuffle. Either make a deck again and pull off the cards one by one, or if the question is too emotionally charged, fan out and choose quickly.
While shuffling hold the question in your mind. The first card is your first step, build a question(in relation to the larger question) on the answer you receive from it. The next card answers that question, and is the basis for your next question. Keep going until you get the card that represents your larger question. If you pull that card first, it means you have all the answers you need, do not look further. If you pull the ring first, you are going in circles or repeating yourself needlessly...
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Five for the Future:
Choose a card representing the problem. Hold the problem in your mind. Fan out the cards and choose another 10 cards, and in the order chosen, lay them out in the pattern - face down. The first five represent the situation, the last five answer questions relating to the problem. Not all of the last five need to be uncovered, if your question has been answered (whose ever is, lol...) by just one card, you can leave the rest of them uncovered.
....................................... 6 .............1=good in the present
........................................................2= bad in the present
..........................1.....3......7...............3= wish for the future
.....Problem........................................4=possibility for the future
.......card....................4.......8...............5=reality in the future
......................................................6-10=answers to related questions.
........................2.......5.......9
........................................10
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Every Fourth Card:
Choose a problem card and set aside or choose none, then draw one more later, has to be 9 cards in total. You need this for the middle of your spread. Shuffle cards and draw three face-down, the fourth is set in layout position. Keep going until you have all you need.
2.......3.........4
5.....prob.......6
.......card
7.......8.........9
1=problem
2=where it all started
3=what it seems like in your memory
4=the real past
5=present situation
6=present wish
7=near future
8=wish for the future
9=far future(outcome)
Read horizontally, vertically, diagonally, this one is a ***** for me, especially because it shows how your memory can trick you.
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Method of Thirteen:
.....................11...............
.........6............2.........7....
10......1.........sig./9......3....12
..........5...........4.........8.....
......................13..............
1=yesterday
2=hopes of today
3=future trend
4=tools to use
5=bridge between past and present, further tools
6=bridge between yesterday and today, karma of the past headed your way
7=Karma already at work in your future
8=chances you can use for your future
9=outcome
10= root of the issue
11=more about the card beneath, explanation
12=possibilities you have and should use to create your future
13=the roots of the card above it, in pos.4
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Many probably already know these, maybe some don't, or have different meanings for the positions. I've tried these with lenormand, playing cards and with Tarot(can achieve spectacular results here)... so for those that don't know these already, have fun!
xoxo
The books I have about the cards are not all in english, and I have no idea if there are english translations, but somehow I'm pretty sure there are. It should be easy to find out. Three of my books on Lenormand cards (maybe someone could start a thread on that, book recommendations):
*la diviniation par les cartes du Petit Lenormand by Erna Droesbeke
*Wahrsagen mit Karten der Madame Lenormand by Bernd A. Metz
*Die Lenormand-Karten by Anne L. Biwer
I have more, but these three I can really recommend - dug them out after a loooong time again, after coming on here, and it was like reading them for the first time again..
For starters, my favourites:
The Question Game:
Choose a card that represents your question. Put it back into your deck and shuffle. Either make a deck again and pull off the cards one by one, or if the question is too emotionally charged, fan out and choose quickly.
While shuffling hold the question in your mind. The first card is your first step, build a question(in relation to the larger question) on the answer you receive from it. The next card answers that question, and is the basis for your next question. Keep going until you get the card that represents your larger question. If you pull that card first, it means you have all the answers you need, do not look further. If you pull the ring first, you are going in circles or repeating yourself needlessly...
****************************************************************
Five for the Future:
Choose a card representing the problem. Hold the problem in your mind. Fan out the cards and choose another 10 cards, and in the order chosen, lay them out in the pattern - face down. The first five represent the situation, the last five answer questions relating to the problem. Not all of the last five need to be uncovered, if your question has been answered (whose ever is, lol...) by just one card, you can leave the rest of them uncovered.
....................................... 6 .............1=good in the present
........................................................2= bad in the present
..........................1.....3......7...............3= wish for the future
.....Problem........................................4=possibility for the future
.......card....................4.......8...............5=reality in the future
......................................................6-10=answers to related questions.
........................2.......5.......9
........................................10
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Every Fourth Card:
Choose a problem card and set aside or choose none, then draw one more later, has to be 9 cards in total. You need this for the middle of your spread. Shuffle cards and draw three face-down, the fourth is set in layout position. Keep going until you have all you need.
2.......3.........4
5.....prob.......6
.......card
7.......8.........9
1=problem
2=where it all started
3=what it seems like in your memory
4=the real past
5=present situation
6=present wish
7=near future
8=wish for the future
9=far future(outcome)
Read horizontally, vertically, diagonally, this one is a ***** for me, especially because it shows how your memory can trick you.
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Method of Thirteen:
.....................11...............
.........6............2.........7....
10......1.........sig./9......3....12
..........5...........4.........8.....
......................13..............
1=yesterday
2=hopes of today
3=future trend
4=tools to use
5=bridge between past and present, further tools
6=bridge between yesterday and today, karma of the past headed your way
7=Karma already at work in your future
8=chances you can use for your future
9=outcome
10= root of the issue
11=more about the card beneath, explanation
12=possibilities you have and should use to create your future
13=the roots of the card above it, in pos.4
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Many probably already know these, maybe some don't, or have different meanings for the positions. I've tried these with lenormand, playing cards and with Tarot(can achieve spectacular results here)... so for those that don't know these already, have fun!
xoxo
