The Simple Lenormand card meanings - cards 19 - 27

Here are cards 19 - 27 from my original deck, The Simple Lenormand.

CROWN

Crown = authority, leadership, government.

WINE

Wine = social activities, companionship, celebrating.

MOUNTAIN

Mountain = effort, an uphill battle, anything considered "work."

ROAD

Road = direction, new opportunities, travel.

MOUSE

 Mouse = decrease, petty problems, dwindling resources and energy.

HEART

 Heart = feelings, love, affection.

RING

 Rings = commitment, marriage, can also be seen as handcuffs.

BOOK

Book = knowledge, information, learning.

PAPERS

Papers = a major decision, documents, contracts, written word, represents a formal agreement.


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a weekly reading with The Simple Lenormand

I've been practicing with The Simple Lenormand but have no luck with daily 3-card readings. So, I'm doing weekly 3x3 readings and I wanted to share one I did last month that had a strong impact.

First, let me give you my correspondences for the cards. You probably notice that many of the cards are different from the traditional Lenormand. The Crown replaces Tower. It represents power and authority. The Scissors replace Scythe. The Fist is Whip. The Handshake is an extra card. It seems to come up for partnerships more frequently than Rings. Papers replace Letter and appear when there is a decision that needs to be made. Wine replaces Garden.

I tend to read these in columns with a strong use of directional aspecting (using the directions the images face and how they interact with each other).

Here's what I wrote at the beginning of the week:

The first card is Clouds and the final card is Rider. This suggests that this week may begin with confusion and disappointment and end with progress or possibly a departure.
~ cutting through confusion and disappointment (Scissors cutting Clouds)
~ important documents (Papers) related to work environment (Wine). Wine is the card I use for Garden which represents groups or gatherings, socializing and celebrating. It has been coming up as work environment or work team in many readings.
~ fighting (Fist) against authority (Crown) in a work environment (Wine)
~ an argument or disagreement (Fist) takes center stage
~ taking a new direction (Road)
~ meeting someone new (Handshake)
~ the beginning (Road) of a partnership or business deal (Handshake)
~ celebrating (Wine) progress or a departure (Rider). I see Rider in this position as a departure rather than visitor because he rides off of the spread.
~ I also get the impression from the cards in the right column like Road that leads nowhere and the Rider who rides into nothing that by the end of the week there may be uncertainty about where this new direction will lead.

This is what actually happened:

I received documents. Employment forms were emailed to me.

I found out a co-worker will be leaving to take another job. We did have cupcakes and cookies at work, not because the coworker was leaving but for Valentine's Day.

The fight was unfortunately with my boyfriend (on Valentine's Day) and it was about issues of power in the relationship. The disappointment was related to the fight. Things ended on a bad note so there is much uncertainty about the future of the relationship. I felt I had a tough decision (Papers) to make about the relationship.

However, everything with my boyfriend was reconciled (Handshake) pretty quickly. I also realized the purpose of Scissors. I interpret it as saying No or a rejection. Over dinner (Wine), I said No (Scissors) to a request which caused the fight (Fist) which was kind of a power struggle (Crown). There were tears (Clouds), but we made up (Handshake) by weekend's end.

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who will be my valentine ~ a sample reading with The Simple Lenormand

Did I mention I LOVE all the spreads on Lisa Frideborg's Love Dove Tarot website? This wonderful spread, Who Will Be My Valentine?, is for anyone who is looking for love on Valentine's Day and beyond.

I'm using The Simple Lenormand to do this reading and I think it will work well with any Lenormand deck or other oracle deck for that matter. The reason I'm using my Lennie deck is because most of the reading is describing your soulmate and, with their singular symbols, Lennies are great for providing descriptions.

SAMPLE READING

Card 1: Describes his/her soul essence

Lisa says this position reflects the energy before incarnation in this lifetime and it will be expressed in deep and mysterious ways, propelling the person forward to the lessons their soul needs to grow. This typically corresponds to a combination of the energy of his ascendant and Moon signs.

Clouds here shows an Aquarian rising sign (the Water Bearer) or perhaps a Water sign (Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio). This soul is concerned with the emotional aspects of life and learning ways to move through tears and disappointment toward a brighter future (Sun in position 3).

Card 2: Describes his/her personality

Anchor reflects a dependable, stable person, very grounded and rooted. This person prefers predictability to spontaneity.

Card 3: His/her romantic style

Sun shows a positive, sunny disposition and romantic style. This person is up front about everything. Everything is out in the open, no secrets. 

Card 4: What is occupying him/her right now

Papers shows he's occupied with some type of documents or forms.

Card 5:  How he/she will come into your life

Coffin shows this person will come into your life through an ending of some kind. 

Card 6: Long-term potential

Road shows a good long-term potential with this person. Unlike Crossroads in the traditional Lenormand, Road is about the future and new directions. This shows a potential future with this person.

Other cards showing strong long-term potential would be Anchor, Rings, Love, House, and Tree.

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The Simple Lenormand has arrived!

Several decks just came in from Printerstudio.com and I'm very pleased with how they turned out, especially the deck I conceived and created over the holidays, The Simple Lenormand.

The traditional Lenormand has 36 cards. I made 4 extra cards which you see in the bottom row. There's an extra male and female card, plus Fire and Handshake.

Of course, I wanted to do a reading right away and did a quick deck interview but with a little different format. I used a 9-card spread. The question: "What do you bring to the table?" The center card reflects the answer -- it shows the deck's core energy or purpose. I decided to use the rest of the cards to understand how the deck will best be used.

I was happy to see Road in the center. This tells me that the deck will help people find direction and also provide alternative paths and choices to contemplate. In what areas of life will the deck help people find direction? Since all of the people cards were included, this seems to be a great deck for (committed, stressful, dangerous, loving, and confusing) relationships. Here's my take on it....this deck will help shed light on:

Row 1: committed relationships (marriage contract, partnership agreement)
Row 2: women seeking love or direction in relationships
Row 3: passionate but problematic men
Column 1: men and the women they are passionate about
Column 2: stressful choices and commitments
Column 3: women asking, "How does he feel about me?"

I'm sure the deck will also be able to handle questions about money and career too but there may be a definite emphasis on all the gritty details of relationships, which is great because I designed it with that in mind.

The deck is poker-sized and I made a mini-sized too which will be easier to use when casting a Grand Tableau (large spread using all the cards).

I also added a little bag to store the cards and a journal for recording readings with the deck.

What do you think of the deck? Should I add numbers to the cards or keep them as is?