Category: Lenormand

Lenormand Challenge: Identify the cards

I found something on Facebook (posted by The Smart Witch) that I thought might be a nice one to practice Lenormand on. How much of what is written below can you see as Lenormand cards? I’ll do the first 2 points below to demonstrate what I mean. Do leave your feedback in the comments section....

JbR’s Lenormand Journal: Combinations (Clouds + 1)

In today’s post I create combinations with the Clouds card. Combinations: Clouds + 1 Cloud + Rider = A message from your ex Cloud + Clover = ‘Storm in a teacup’ Cloud + Ship = An ‘international incident’ / Rough journey ahead Cloud + House = Domestic troubles Cloud + Tree = Illness Cloud +...

JbR’s Lenormand Journal: Combinations (Tree + 1)

For a more complete list of the Tree card’s keywords please refer to this post on Card Keywords. In this list, adding the remaining 35 cards to the Tree card for a combined meaning, I have primarily focussed on the ‘health’ meaning of the Tree card. This is what happened when I started combining the...

JbR’s Lenormand Journal: Combinations (Clover +1)

We already know that Clover means:  Luck, Small, Quick, Optimistic, Easy going, Carefree, a Risk taker, willing to take a Gamble. What happens when we read it in combination with the other 35 cards in the deck? The focus in this list is on Clover, the other cards amend or influence its meaning (rather than the...

JbR’s Lenormand Journal: Combinations (Rider + 1)

To read Lenormand we need to know how to string keywords together to form a sentence or a combined meaning. We already know that Rider means: Messenger, News, Visitor, Speed; but Lenormand is best read in combinations. Here’s a list of what happens when we start adding cards to the Rider with the intention of making...

JbR’s Lenormand Journal: Houses

When I first read about the Lenormand Houses I was utterly confused! But, it is actually very simple. Lenormand Houses As we already know, there are 36 cards in a traditional Lenormand deck, there are also 36 Houses. The Houses are a kind of  ‘foundation’ or spread onto which cards are laid during a reading....

JbR’s Lenormand Journal: Card Keywords

When I started learning Lenormand the first thing I was taught was that I would need to decide on the keywords (card meanings) for each of the 36 cards in the deck. As someone relatively new to this journey I have settled on a few basic keywords from which I can begin. My keywords are derived...

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