Working with Lenormand cards has significant differences from working with other predictive systems, such as Tarot cards, runes, ordinary cards, etc. Simple images of cards are easily perceived by our subconscious. After a little practice, during which you learn to navigate the meanings of the cards, you will resonate with the deck and interpreting even large layouts will not be difficult. You will simply see an image of an answer to a question that interests you or a picture of future events.
It is better to start working with cards with small layouts consisting of several cards. Gradually complicating the layouts, you will master those for which the entire deck is used. However, do not rush to take on large layouts until you feel confident with each individual card.
Remember that working with cards is akin to a magical act. When interpreting the layout, you turn to your subconscious. Before you start working, you need to give it a chance to set up. It’s good if you select (based on individual horoscopic data) a stone and grass that will help your subconscious. During the reading, nothing should distract: no extraneous noises, no voices, no smells.
If you feel close to the element of fire, lighting a candle will also help you focus. In addition, the cards must have a permanent place from which you take them for work. It is advisable to store cards wrapped in a piece of black cloth made of natural fiber (preferably wool).
Before shuffling the cards, you need to completely forget about all problems not related to the layout. Become a clear transparent crystal, ready to perceive the information flow. Focus completely on the question you are interested in and start shuffling the cards. Mix until you feel the cards have taken their place. This may feel like a slight resistance to the cards being shuffled. As soon as you feel this moment, immediately begin laying out the cards.
When the layout is formed, first of all try to catch the vibration of the entire layout as a whole, without going into the details of individual cards. Listen to yourself, to your body. What feelings, sensations, associations do you have? Try to see the picture of the answer. Once you have formed a general idea of the layout, begin to study the layout section by section according to the plan below.
In this chapter you will find many layouts that will help you find the answer to various questions and make a forecast for the period of time that interests you. We recommend mastering the layouts in the given order, gradually moving on to more complex ones. Don’t immediately take on solving the world’s problems; first learn to answer the simplest everyday questions accurately and completely.
And only when you feel confident in yourself, take on more responsible and complex tasks. Refrain, especially at first, from predicting death or serious illnesses. Remember the karmic responsibility that you take upon yourself by incorrectly predicting such significant events.
Lenormand cards are a wonderful tool that will help you organize your life more conveniently and better understand yourself and the people around you.
Large Lenormand layout
General characteristics.
This layout is used in cases where it is necessary to make a detailed forecast for any period of time. Before shuffling, you need to mentally set a program for the cards - decide what period of time you want to study.
Operating procedure.
Shuffle the cards and have the questioner remove the deck with his left hand. Then take the deck (face down) and lay out the cards in the order shown.
Layout structure.
The present(3 cards in the lower left - 35, 21, 19). Shows daily problems. What is happening around a person at a given moment in time and in some way affects his condition.
Feelings(7 cards in a cross - 11, 7, 5, 1, 6, 8, 12). Relates to emotions, matters of the heart, friendship, faith. In this part we consider those issues that concern us, make us worry, and which are subjectively of high importance.
Family(3 cards at the top left - 29, 15, 13). Cards in this group reveal the immediate environment and may indicate relatives or close friends (“family friends”). Here we will find information about people near and dear to us.
Profession(3 cards on the top right - 14, 16, 30). This group reveals the social status of a person, the place that a person occupies in society, his means of living. Here cards can show people with whom you are connected at work.
Fate(3 cards in the lower right - 20, 22, 36). Represent destiny. These maps will show the main events that will occur in the period of time under consideration and set the direction for subsequent development. Pay special attention to this section as it may contain advice or warnings.
Card Reveal Scheme
Notes.
Pay attention to where the questioner's card is located. Her presence on the open line will add emphasis to this topic. This means that in a person’s life this issue comes first. Take a closer look at this line.
Feelings. When the questioner's card is among these cards, then we are dealing with a person who is currently driven by emotions.
The present. A person pays too much energy and attention to current momentary affairs. “The turnover is stuck.”
Fate. The main events are in the future. The person is in a state of thinking over plans or anticipating some important events. He recognizes the need for change and is ready to accept it.
Family. A person's main concerns are related to home and family.
Profession. The main issue to be resolved is related to making money or having a career.
Having the questioner's card next to the open line is the same, but to a lesser extent. Pay attention to adjacent, touching cards. They will provide additional information about the condition of the person being counseled.
Short layout
General characteristics.
This layout is used for a more detailed study of a topic. It already matters the combination of cards and their distance or proximity to the questioner’s card.
Operating procedure.
Before shuffling begins, remove the questioner's card from the deck and place it in the center. Shuffle the cards and remove them. Lay out as shown in the picture.
Layout structure.
First part.
Contains positions 9, 1, 16, 8, 7, 15. They reveal the past of this issue. What has already been done, the forces that shaped the present situation.
9 - external forces of the mental plane. Ideas that came from the outside world, someone's advice or help.
1 - own ideas and plans in the past. What hopes the questioner himself had for this question.
16, 8 - past events of the physical plane. The card in position 8, due to its proximity to the questioner's card, has more power. The card in position 16 only complements and corrects it.
7 - feelings, emotions that were in the past.
15 - feelings and emotions of the subconscious that influenced. Hidden motives that often may not even be realized.
Second part.
Contains positions 10, 2, 6, 14. Reveals the state of the questioner in this question at the moment.
10, 2 - “what’s in the head.” What the person being counseled thinks about this issue at the moment. The card at position 10 has a weaker meaning.
6, 14 - “what’s in the soul.” How the counselee feels about the issue. It often happens that the top cards reveal declared values and attitudes, and the bottom cards reveal those internal motivations that actually guide a person’s actions.
The third part.
Contains positions 11, 3, 4, 12, 5, 13. Lifts the veil of secrecy over the future.
4, 12 - reveal the main events on the physical plane. A card in position 12 may indicate more distant consequences.
3 - how a person will assess the current situation.
11 - assessment of others or correlation with social norms.
5, 13 - emotional state in the future. The card in position 13 has a weaker meaning.
Numerological layout
General characteristics.
Used to study the development of a specific issue. During this layout, the numerological meaning of each card is actively used. When interpreting this layout, each card is interpreted only in terms of the position it occupies - combinations of cards are not taken into account.
The order of work and the structure of the layout.
Focus on the question, shuffle the cards. After you have stopped shuffling, place the deck face down.
Take the top card and place it in position 1.
1. Position 1 - This position reveals the background to the issue. The past that influences the present situation. The number of this card will determine the next one, just as the past determines the present. Look at the number of this card and count off the top of the deck (without shuffling it!) with the card lying with the corresponding serial number.
Place the card found in this way in position 2.
2. Position 2 - reveals the state of the issue and the current forces in the present. The number on this card will determine the next one, just as the present determines the future.
3. Position 3 - future.
Now we need to find the fourth card - advice on what to do, what principles to adhere to in the current situation. Advice is determined by three factors - what we have laid down in the past, what we are doing in the present and what awaits us in the future. Therefore, it is necessary to add up the numbers of all three cards. The resulting number will correspond to the advice card.
Notes:
If the number of the card in position 1 or 2 is greater than the number of cards remaining in the deck (this could be No. 36 CROSS and No. 35 ANCHOR), then in this case we stop the layout, take out the indicated card and stop at its interpretation.
ANCHOR speaks of the possibility of shaping subsequent events the way we need them.
THE CROSS speaks of the influence of higher forces, the providence of which for some reason we cannot know. In such a situation, one must be ready to accept everything that will be sent by Fate;
If, when adding the card numbers, the result is a number greater than 36, then we continue adding the numbers.
For example:
33 + 26 + 22 = 81
If the number of the advice card is already contained in the first three cards, the situation is quite simple and does not need advice cards;
the presence of cards No. 28 or No. 29 in the layout indicates a strong influence on a person’s question.
Layout “Seven houses”
General characteristics.
This layout is good to use when you need to make a fairly detailed forecast for a short period of time. As practice has shown, the events predicted by this scenario occur within the next month.
Operating procedure.
Before starting the layout, remove the questioner's card from the deck and place it in the center. Shuffle the cards and arrange them as shown in the picture.
Layout structure.
In this layout, the cards are divided into groups of three each. Three cards belonging to the same group are interpreted together. Each group has its own meaning. The logic of combining three symbols into one concept is as follows: the first card symbolizes the soil, the initial conditions; the second is the acting forces, the changes taking place; the third is the result.
Interpretation of groups (numbers assigned from left to right clockwise):
Group 1. Provides information about the general condition of the questioner during the period of time being studied, his thoughts and feelings, and sometimes his state of health.
Group 2. The immediate environment is family, relatives, closest friends and all emotionally close people. These cards show who will be with the person being counseled in the near future, on whose help or support he can count.
Group 3. This group reveals hopes and desires. If there are clearly inappropriate cards here (for example, No. 8, No. 21, No. 36, etc.), they will show the fears or doubts of the questioner.
Group 4. Here we can see the real plans of the consultant, which he plans to implement in the near future.
Group 5. A group of unexpected influences that the counselee has not yet felt and which he will have to face. Cards in this group can show both help and obstacles.
Group 6. Opens up the near future. Events of the next two weeks.
Group 7. Shows more distant events that will occur in the remaining two weeks.
Search layout
General characteristics.
The layout can be used to find people or lost things. The meaning of the positions is based on the house meanings accepted in astrology.
Operating procedure.
Before you start shuffling, you need to choose a card that will represent what is lost.
If we are looking for a person, then it is best to designate him:
No. 28 MAN,
No. 29 WOMAN or:
No. 13 CHILD.
In rare cases, you can use animal cards:
No. 7 SNAKE - attacker;
No. 14 FOX - deceiver;
No. 15 BEAR - patron, boss, etc.;
No. 18 A DOG is a friend.
If we are looking for an item, then we need to choose a card that most accurately describes what is lost. There may be some difficulties at this stage, so try to be creative. Here are some guidelines for notation:
No. 1 HORSEMAN - any means of communication: telephone, pager, fax, etc., storage media: cassettes, disks, floppy disks;
No. 3 SHIP - car and any means of transportation;
No. 9 BOUQUET - this card can be used to designate any item if it is valuable as a gift;
No. 10 SPIT - piercing and cutting objects, knives, tools, weapons;
No. 21 MOUNTAIN - semi-precious and ornamental stones;
No. 25 RING - jewelry;
No. 26 BOOK - books and any printed products;
No. 27 LETTER - letters, documents;
No. 33 KEY - keys and any small metal objects;
No. 34 PISCES - money, valuables. Color cards (No. 2 CLOVER, No. 9 BOUQUET and No. 30 LILIES) can be used to designate objects of art, any beautiful things, and clothes.
No. 31 THE SUN is associated with gold,
No. 32 MOON - with silver.
After the card representing the lost is selected, the deck is thoroughly shuffled and laid out face down in the order shown in the picture. Next you need to find the selected card. Only the house position and the adjacent two cards are interpreted. The remaining cards are not studied.
Layout structure.
In this layout, the cards are divided into groups of three, which we conventionally, by analogy with astrological traditions, call houses.
House meanings:
First house. Indicates the questioner's personal place, a place or room in which he spends a lot of time or stores his personal belongings. The lost is somewhere very close and will soon be found. The time spent searching is calculated in minutes or hours.
Direction - east.
Second house. The lost item may be among your valuables. This could be a safe or a box where you keep your cash. Indicates the places where you store money, valuables or jewelry boxes. The search will take little time - from several hours to three days.
Direction - east of northeast.
Third house. This house is in charge of neighbors, brothers and sisters, relatives (aunts and uncles), and a place of study. Try looking for lost items in places where books, papers, letters, writing materials are stored, maybe even in a mailbox or in your car.
Direction - north-northeast.
Fourth house. The place to look is your own home. A room for elderly relatives, a kitchen, places where soil is stored (garden around the house). In a broader sense - parental home, homeland. The item will be found within a few days.
Direction - north.
Fifth house. Children's room, bedroom, places for entertainment (theaters, exhibitions, gambling houses, discos, etc.). Lovers. The item is not in plain sight and needs a more thorough search.
Direction - north-northwest.
Sixth house. Place of service, meetings. Government agencies. Clinics. A room in a house that is rented or used as an office. Places where pets are found. The thing is well hidden and you will have to spend a lot of time searching.
Direction - west of northwest.
Seventh house. Personal belongings of your spouse, business partners. But more often than not, if a lost item card is found here, then it is stolen, and its return is very doubtful.
Direction - west.
Eighth house. This house is extremely unfavorable. The item may be badly damaged or disassembled, and the person may be in danger.
Direction - southwest.
Ninth house. Institutes, colleges, churches. Higher organizations, boss's workplace. In any case, what you are looking for is quite far from you. The search may take several months.
Direction - south-southwest.
Tenth house. Place of work, employers. The place in your home where you usually do business. The lost item may be located where you believe you lost it or left it. The time spent searching is calculated in days.
Direction - south.
Eleventh house. Under the control of this house are the places where papers and financial records are stored. Club rooms or just a meeting place for friends. There is a living room in the house. The time spent searching is calculated in weeks.
Direction - south-southeast.
Twelfth house. This house describes hard-to-reach or isolated places. Places where medications and various chemicals are stored. He controls secret enemies, prisons, hospitals. If the selected card lands in this house, then the item is very well hidden and difficult to find.
The direction is east of southeast.
Gypsy layout
General characteristics.
This layout can be used when there is a need to find out the most important events in a person’s life that will occur in the period of time that interests us. Just as in the previous layout, before shuffling the cards we must set the time period that we will study.
When interpreting this layout, one must take into account not only the independent meaning of each card, but also its location in relation to the questioner’s card and its relationship with other cards.
Operating procedure.
Focus and shuffle the cards. Let the questioner remove the deck with your left hand twice. Now we have 3 parts of the deck. Turn them over so that the bottom card is exposed. These three cards provide us with background information about the situation before the reading is made.
The combination of three cards will show us the deep inner state of the questioner, his subconscious motives, which will guide his actions, shaping the corresponding events. After you have finished interpreting the 3 cards, put the deck together. Stir again, focusing on the information received. Lay out the cards as shown in the picture.
Now we begin to interpret all combinations of cards. The decisive and turning point of interpretation is the card of the questioner. The entire interpretation is based on the position of this card. This means that the meaning of each card should be in accordance with its position relative to the questioner's card.
Gypsies call this form of interpretation “drawing a cross into the past, present and future.” The meaning will become immediately clear if you know the meaning of each position.
Layout structure.
The future opens in the part located in front of the questioner’s card, on the right side of the layout. You will find out past events by looking at the cards behind the questioner’s card, on the left side of the layout. Everything located above the questioner's card means either real events or those that are expected in the near future or planned.
Therefore, this upward vertical line is the threshold between the present and the future. All the cards below the questioner represent, figuratively called by the gypsies, “what we trample under our feet” - in psychoanalytic terminology, “repressed” - we suppress these feelings or events in ourselves or try to forget.
Inner square. Eight cards in close proximity to the questioner's card. Reveals the most significant events in the life of the counselee.
Gypsy cross. Traditional form of gypsy interpretation. A connection is established between all cards located on a horizontal and vertical line from the questioner’s card. Reveals a consistent time chain from the past to the future.
Diagonals. Additional information for studying the past and future. The upper diagonals represent conscious actions, planned events, phenomena understandable to the questioner. The lower diagonals provide an opportunity to study hidden motives, internal desires, everything secret and incomprehensible.
Notes:
The questioner's map is not always in the center. This should also be taken into account when interpreting:
The questioner's card is shifted to the left. The person being consulted has completed an important period in his life, has completed a certain cycle of his development, and now his main thoughts and plans are in the future. The past doesn't matter.
The questioner's card is shifted to the right. At the moment, the person who came for advice needs to deal with the past. This is where the key to solving real problems lies. The future is not yet determined and depends on what actions he takes now.
The questioner's card is shifted upward. His feelings play an important role in the life of the counselee. It is likely that at the moment he is in the power of the unconscious (the unconscious, according to Freud, is unrealized drives that, due to a conflict with the requirements of social norms, are not allowed into consciousness.).
The questioner's card is shifted down. Before us is a person who is able to realistically assess what is happening and can control the situation. However, if there are negative cards at the top, this may indicate excessive preoccupation with non-existent, fictitious problems, and fears.
You are holding in your hands a unique book that contains the most current methods of fortune telling with Madame Lenormand cards, as well as tells about their origin and describes the meaning of each card. With the help of fortune telling on Lenormand cards, you will be able not only to get independent advice about your own future, but also to find what is missing or find out how this or that person treats you. The book may be of interest to many people who want to look behind the veil of secrecy. For experienced practitioners it will be a good reminder, and for beginners it will be an excellent guide. The information offered here may turn out to be very relevant in light of the spread of other systems and traditions of fortune telling by cards, since the Lenormand system differs in many ways from the already familiar Tarot cards and other oracles. If you wish, it is not difficult to learn how to tell fortunes on cards on your own, because the information presented in this book is quite detailed: not only the cards themselves are described, but also different methods of fortune telling - from the simplest to the large gypsy layout. From the book you can also learn about how the tradition of fortune telling on these cards was born, and who exactly brought it to us in the form in which it currently exists. If you are just starting to guess, then when you pick up a deck of cards, trust your intuition, but remember that you are the masters of your own destiny!
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About Madame Lenormand's methods of fortune telling with cards
Before we begin to describe the various types of fortune telling using the Lenormand system, I would like to make a small digression.
The examples that will be given below intentionally begin with a description of simple methods of fortune telling, so that even an unprepared person can understand the system of fortune telling using a deck of cards developed by a famous soothsayer. And it's really not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.
Using simple layouts, over time you can get used to this unusual deck and remember the meaning of each card. The whole point is with what desire and interest one approaches fortune-telling, the process of which is somewhat similar to creativity and touches the very depths of the human “I”. Therefore, when picking up cards, you must not only want to know the future, but also try to release all the power of intuition and imagination, listening to your inner feelings. This approach will best help you understand what the cards want to say, especially since the images on the cards, as mentioned above, greatly contribute to this, that is, they are largely associative.
Next, fortune telling methods will be presented for every taste, giving you the opportunity to find out your future. For beginners, the simplest wish fortune telling is suitable, where just one card can tell you what to expect next and what to do to avoid danger or not be caught off guard by impending troubles. At the same time, when guessing for the future, a beginner can become familiar with the combinations of cards, as they are laid out in order one after another.
In addition, fortune telling will be described, which will certainly be of interest to people who want to find their other half or simply want to know what to expect from this or that person entering their life. Simple layouts for a new person or person will help them with this.
We will also talk about such a specific fortune-telling as a plan for finding a missing item. It in itself is very interesting and not as complicated as it might seem at first glance, and a detailed description and a diagram according to which you need to lay out the cards will help you understand it.
And then it will be possible to move on to more complex layouts, such as the small and large, or gypsy layout, which a beginner can begin when he has fully mastered the basics of fortune telling - the meaning and combinations of cards.
Simple fortune telling for the future
Take a full deck of thirty-six cards and shuffle thoroughly, concentrating on your own thoughts and desires. Then start opening one card at a time from above, saying to yourself: “Ace, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king.” Without stopping opening the cards, after the king, continue the list, starting again with the ace. Put those cards that match the names in order aside.
When the deck runs out, start revealing the cards from the beginning without shuffling them and continuing to say the names in the same order.
Having done this three times, put the rest of the deck aside and begin to interpret the meaning of the matching cards based on their combination with each other.
Fortune telling for a person
This is a fairly simple fortune telling that will help you characterize a person. Find a Gentleman in the deck if you are fortune telling for a man, or a Lady if you are fortune telling for a woman, and place the desired card in the center of the table.
Focus on the image of this person. Then carefully shuffle the remaining cards and randomly draw three cards from the deck, which you place around the key one. After this, you can open the cards and see their meaning.
Fortune telling for a wish or for the future
This is a rather interesting way of fortune telling. Take a deck of thirty-six cards and choose the card that corresponds to the current hour, i.e. the desired number. For example, the Messenger is the first card, and it corresponds to one in the morning, and the twenty-fourth card, the Heart, will end the day.
The central card will be the one drawn first. Place the deck face down, remove twelve cards from above, and place the thirteenth under the central one - this card will be responsible for the past. After this, shuffle the cards, take out the thirteenth card again and place it to the left of the central one - it will show the events occurring in a person’s life in the present. After counting the next thirteenth card, place it on the right - it will also indicate the present. And finally, the last card drawn in this way must be placed on top of the central card - it will represent the future. When the cards run out during the countdown, you will have to take the ones that have already been worked out and, shuffling them, count out the thirteenth card from their number.
Fortune telling by wish
Shuffle the deck of thirty-six cards very carefully and, having made a wish and concentrating on it, draw one card at random, which will be the answer to the question you asked and will tell you whether the wish will come true.
Fortune telling for search
This layout is specifically used to help find something lost, be it a person or a thing.
In this layout, the designation of positions is based on the meaning of houses that are accepted in astrology.
As in all other cases, before starting fortune telling, you must carefully shuffle the cards.
But there is one nuance in the scenario for a lost item - before you start shuffling the deck, you need to find a card that will symbolize the loss. How to do it?
If we are talking about finding a person, you will need the following cards:
28. Gentleman;
13. Child.
Each of these cards will represent a man, woman or child respectively. But sometimes other maps are used to find people, for example:
7. Snake – if you need to find an intruder or an attacker;
14. Fox - find a deceiver, a trickster;
15. Bear - find a missing boss or patron;
18. Dog - find a missing friend.
These cards will more accurately characterize the person you are looking for.
In addition, we often cannot find any thing, the fate of which is very worrying.
Other cards can serve this purpose. Here, some people have difficulty choosing the right cards, so it is better to use your imagination and approach fortune telling creatively.
For those who still find it difficult, we can offer some ready-made notations.
1. Messenger - various means of communication (cell phone, fax and the like), as well as all kinds of storage media (flash card, disk, etc.).
3. Ship – any means of transportation (cars, etc.).
9. A bouquet of flowers is a universal card that can be used to indicate any lost thing that means a lot to a person or was given by someone.
11. Scythe - weapons and cutting or piercing instruments.
21. Mountain – precious or semi-precious stones.
25. Ring – any jewelry.
26. Book – a book itself or any other paper storage medium.
27. Letter – correspondence, letters, documents.
33. Key – actual keys or other small metal objects.
34. Pisces - values, mainly money (if in combination with this card you choose, for example, any card of flowers - Clover, Bouquet of Flowers or Lilies - then in this way you can designate any beautiful thing or piece of art).
31. Sun - gold jewelry.
32. Moon – silver jewelry, any silver items.
Once the desired card is selected, carefully shuffle the deck. Then the cards are laid out three for each of the twelve houses and opened until one of the houses contains the card you need.
Information about the loss will need to be interpreted based on the combination of this card with two neighboring ones.
Map layout for search
Meaning of Houses
The First House is the personal space of the one who has lost something.
Perhaps this is a home or premises where this person spends a lot of time and also stores personal belongings. What is lost is very close and will definitely be found soon. The time that will be spent searching for a thing is calculated in hours or even minutes, and the direction in which to search is east.
Second House - perhaps an item that cannot be found is not lost in the literal sense of the word, but lost among other personal items or may be in a box or safe where cash is usually kept. As a rule, this House directly points to places where money, jewelry cases or other valuables are kept. The search will also not take too much time; you should search in the direction of the northeast.
The Third House is most likely a place related to the possessions of familiar people, neighbors or relatives, but it can also be a place for activities. You should try to look for the lost item in places where books, letters, papers, and writing materials may be stored.
The item may be in the mailbox, if it is correspondence, or in your own car. It will be found within just a few days, the direction is northeast.
The Fourth House is guaranteed to indicate that what is lost is in your own home. This could be a room where your elderly relatives live, a kitchen, or a place where there is land - a garden or vegetable garden. In addition, there is a possibility that what was lost may be in the parental home or the home of close relatives. The item will be found within a few days, the direction is north.
Fifth House - the place of loss can be a children's room, a place for entertainment and relaxation, a bedroom, and in a broader sense - a theater, an exhibition, a gambling house, a disco and even a place for secret meetings of lovers. It is noteworthy that this item is not in plain sight and needs to be looked for more carefully than was done before. The search direction is north-northwest.
Sixth House - the place of loss could be a place of work or service, for example a government agency, hospital or clinic, and a room where meetings are held.
There is also a possibility that the item is in your own home, but in a place that serves as a personal office. It is also possible that this is a place where pets are kept. To find a lost item, you need to try hard and spend a lot of time searching for it. The direction in which to look for it is west of northwest.
Seventh House - what is lost is in the personal belongings of your spouse or partner, or perhaps a companion.
But more often than not, finding an item in this particular House makes it clear that it was most likely stolen and its return to the rightful owner is highly doubtful. The search direction is west.
The Eighth House is very unfavorable for loss. A person while searching for his thing may be in serious danger, or the thing itself may have already become unusable - disassembled or broken. The search direction is southwest.
Ninth House – the place where the item you are looking for is lost can be a temple, an institute or a church. It may also be located in the boss's office or in a building owned by a parent organization.
In any case, what you are looking for is very close. And, nevertheless, several months may be spent searching. The direction in which you should look for your loss is south-southwest.
Tenth House - the missing item is with your employers, at your workplace. However, this could be any place where you usually work or do business. The search in this case may last a few days, and the direction in which to search is south.
The Eleventh House represents the place where securities or financial documents are kept. True, there is a possibility that this place could be some kind of club or any other establishment where friends meet. It is possible that the lost item is in your own home and it makes sense to look for it in the living room. It can take weeks to find a lost item. The direction to look in is south-southeast.
Twelfth House - the missing item is located in a hard-to-reach, rather isolated place, perhaps where chemicals and various medications are stored.
This House can promise danger, as it represents secret enemies, hospitals and prisons. If the card you have chosen suddenly ends up in this house, then the chance of finding the loss is very small - it is well hidden. You should look for it east of southeast.
Card of the day
This is a fairly simple fortune telling that will help determine what to expect in the very near future - a kind of forecast for the day. Shuffle the cards thoroughly and place them all in a circle clockwise. Then focus on your desire to know what you can expect from the new day and open the card that you are drawn to.
By interpreting the meaning of the selected card, you can determine what awaits you that day.
Alignment for a new person entering life
Very often, when meeting or meeting someone, a person wonders what impression he made, what to expect from a new relationship, what other people think about it, what can happen in terms of feelings, friendship or partnership.
Lenormand cards will help answer these questions. To do this, you need to relax, clearly formulate your question and shuffle the cards.
The first card removed will answer the question: “What does this person think of me?”, the second - to the question: “How does this person (name) really feel about me?”, the third - to the question: “Will something happen between us?".
It is the third card that will help get rid of ambiguity in relationships and clearly determine what direction a new acquaintance will take.
A simple situation plan
This layout is really very simple. In order to start fortune telling, you need to take a form - the questioner's card - which will mean you or the person for whom you are telling fortunes, and then, focusing on the problem, select four cards from the deck in random order and arrange them around the form.
The first, topmost card will tell you what preceded the current situation.
The second card, lying to the left of the form, will show what opportunities a person has in a given situation. This may be an indication of some obstacles or outside help.
The third card, lying on the right, will reflect the desires and plans of the fortuneteller. She can also suggest an answer to a question tormenting a person.
And finally, the fourth card shows the future and the result that should be expected after the situation as a whole is resolved.
Complex layouts
Large, or gypsy, layout on the minor lasso Lenormand
This layout is more complex, has separate interpretations and includes two methods.
Usually, the so-called large layout of eight cards is used first, when they are laid out in four rows of eight cards each, and four more cards below. After this, if necessary, a second option for laying out the cards follows - in four rows of nine in each.
It would probably be correct to remind you that you should not lay out the cards in two ways just out of curiosity. This is done only if the first layout does not give accurate answers and leaves many doubts.
Big deal
Usually the gypsy layout gives a lot of information, and from this it follows that it is quite enough to lay out the cards in one of two ways and just carefully interpret their combinations. Before you start fortune telling and lay out the cards, you must make a guess for the specific time period of interest. And only after this can you begin to carefully shuffle the cards, remove them and lay them out according to one of the above-mentioned schemes.
How to lay out the cards - opening them immediately or first face up, and only then opening them - is not of fundamental importance, it is a matter of personal preference and habit.
In the Gypsy reading, less attention is paid to how the cards are combined. Here it is much more important to consider in which House the card is located. Thus, the interpretation of fortune telling depends not only on which House the other card is combined with, but also on the direction in which it is located. You need to count in order, starting from the very first, top left card and moving to the right.
House Meanings
House 1 – Messenger: House of good news, as well as all kinds of contacts and communication.
House 2 – Clover: modest happiness, little joy, transience of happiness, and also little money.
House 3 – Ship: travel, travel, all kinds of changes, an irresistible desire to visit foreign countries and travel long distances.
House 4 – House: family, constancy.
House 5 – Tree: health, age, duration of something.
House 6 – Clouds: negative emotions, doubts, fear, unreliability, uncertainty, worries.
House 7 – Snake: wise woman, betrayal, deception, insincerity, detours and complications.
House 8 – Coffin: completion, sadness, depression, problems, the end or the beginning of something new.
House 9 – Bouquet of flowers: gifts and invitations, flirting, wonderful person, creative hobbies.
House 10 – Spit: separation, separation, danger, suddenness of events.
House 11 – Broom: vanity, disputes and disagreements, gossip.
House 12 - Owls: nervous tension, talking on the phone or receiving messages, anxiety.
House 13 – Child: new beginning, purity and naivety.
House 14 – Fox: cunning, lies and deceit, concealment and mystery.
House 15 – Bear: in most cases it means a man, trust and support on his part, but sometimes jealousy.
House 16 – Stars: This is a unique House that deals most with issues of a magical nature, but can also indicate success and clarity in business.
House 17 – Storks: changes and changes, travel, nepotism.
House 18 – Dog: House of true friendship.
House 19 – Tower: loneliness, separation, separation, isolation.
House 20 – Garden: meetings, public and communication.
House 21 – Mountain: complexity, emerging obstacles and loads.
House 22 – Fork: options, spraying.
House 23 – Rats: unpleasant situations, theft, losses, and fear.
House 24 – Heart: emotions, love and friendship.
House 25 – Ring: relationship, connection, partnership agreement or marriage.
House 26 – Book: learning, mystery, knowledge.
House 27 – Letter: information in any form and format.
House 28 – Gentleman: card of a fortune-telling man.
House 29 – Lady: card of a fortune-telling woman.
House 30 – Lilies: chastity, spirituality, harmony.
House 31 – Sun: great happiness and a lot of energy.
House 32 – Moon: creativity, affection, feelings, past, emotions.
House 33 – Key: The house in which problems are resolved.
House 34 – Pisces: financial sphere.
House 35 – Anchor: work or professional sphere.
House 36 – Cross: karma, religiosity, faith and hope for the future.
The following figure shows the first and last cards (solid line), as well as the cards that will be located in the corners (dashed line).
1. As is already clear from the above, the very first card will be the one that lies in the Messenger’s House. This combination - House + card - affects the entire layout as a whole.
2. Then, counting cards from left to right in each row, you should look at the cards that are on the corners of the layout - these are 1, 8, 25 and 32. In this case, card 1 will be located in the upper left corner, card 8 in the upper right, card 25 is in the lower left corner, and card 32 is in the lower right. These cards will indicate to the fortuneteller the present time and current life situation.
3. In the very center will be what is in a person’s thoughts and heart and what worries him at the moment.
4. Now look at the top row. The first four cards will show the future, which must be fulfilled within about half a month, and the remaining four following them will show the future more distant.
5. The lowest four cards, which come last, represent future global events that, most likely, will not be prevented or changed in any way. These last cards are called Fate cards.
6. Having decided where the present and the future are, you need to find a “blank” card that will correspond to the person being told the fortune: for a man it is a Gentleman, and for a woman it is a Lady. Find in which house the form is located, and also note what place it occupies in the layout. If it is shifted to the left, it means that a person is waiting for renewal, important changes are coming in his life. This person plans his own future. In the case when the card is on the right side, the person lives with his past, which he does not want to let go of, and does not plan the future at all.
When the card is at the top, then emotions play an important role in a person’s life. Moreover, they guide him and influence absolutely everything he does.
The placement of the form below, on the contrary, will tell you about a person who is guided by logic and makes reasonable, well-informed decisions. But sometimes this can mean that a person is thinking too much, which causes unnecessary doubt and procrastination.
7. The next step will be to look at your personal and financial areas. Look for this information in the relevant Houses.
8. To see how this or that situation will change, you should make a “knight’s move” from the desired card, that is, mentally draw the letter “G” and read the combination of cards. They will tell you exactly in what manner events will develop.
10. To see who a person works, you need to look at what cards will surround the Tower.
11. The fortuneteller’s father will be described by those cards that are located between the Tower and the Bear, and between the Tower and the Snake you can read about the character of the mother.
12. The cards located at the feet of the form speak about upcoming events and what a person will do in the near future. The map above his head reflects his thoughts.
13. From the cards that are between the Gentleman and the Lady, you can read about the relationships of the partners, or rather, what is happening to them at the moment. It is very important whether the partners’ cards are currently facing each other or not and how close they are in the layout. All this helps to obtain additional information about their relationship.
If the results of fortune telling are not satisfactory, you can arrange the cards nine in four rows.
In other words, the card that was in ninth place needs to be moved up to the place after eighth. The cards of the second row will move only one, i.e. where the ninth card was, the tenth will appear. The same thing, without disturbing the order, will need to be done with the second, third and fourth row. You just need to remember that if a new layout is made, the Houses will no longer have an influence, only the place of the cards relative to each other is considered.
Small layout
Madame Lenormand's original deck of cards is intended for this fortune telling, which contains more cards than a regular deck, and each of them has its own meaning. But besides this, what the meaning of the card will be also depends on the place where it is located. This layout is ideal for you if you need to study a topic in more detail.
Before starting fortune telling, be sure to focus on the situation and the image of the person if you are telling fortunes to someone else. Then, first of all, you need to choose a form, that is, a card that will represent either you or the person for whom you are telling fortunes.
For a woman it will be a Lady card, for a man it will be a Gentleman card. Next, randomly choosing cards from the deck, you need to lay them out in such a way that you get the positions as shown in the figure below.
There should be three positions - past, present and future.
Past – 9, 1, 16, 8, 7 and 15 cards. These cards will tell you about what preceded the situation in which the person found himself.
9th card - represents external non-physical intervention - advice or idea.
1 card – personal ideas and hopes of the fortuneteller in the past.
Small layout
Cards 8 and 16 are the personification of the physical plane, the events that preceded the current situation and influenced it. In this case, the 8th card is considered stronger, because it is closest to the form.
The 7th card is the personification of past experiences, emotions and feelings.
The 15th card is a subconscious plan, actions that were interpreted by the inner “I”.
Present – 10, 2, 6 and 14 cards. They talk about how a person feels at a given time.
10 and 2 cards are a person’s feelings and thoughts, while the 2nd card has a greater influence than the 10th card.
Cards 6 and 14 tell about what is happening in the soul and reflect a person’s feelings towards the current situation.
Future – 11, 3, 4, 12, 5, 13 cards that will lift the curtain of the future.
Cards 4 and 12 will tell about the main upcoming events of the physical plane, with the 4th card indicating the most immediate events, and the 14th card – more distant ones.
Card 3 – a person’s personal assessment of the general situation.
Card 11 – public judgment about the situation.
5 and 13 cards - emotions and feelings in the future, while the 5th card will reflect stronger feelings and emotions than the 13th card.
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The given introductory fragment of the book Fortune telling using cards by Maria Lenormand (Jan Dikmar, 2014) provided by our book partner -
A special feature of Lenormand fortune telling was the use of ordinary playing cards. Lenormand gave each card its own magical meaning. When fortune telling with playing cards, Lenormand associated each playing card with a certain symbol that can be easily interpreted, even without special sacred knowledge. For example, for many of us, a ring is associated with marriage, the sun with light and joy, a stork with the birth of a child, and a cross with suffering. The symbolism of the cards on playing cards is easy to interpret intuitively. There are several well-known interpretations of combinations of Lenormand cards, but each interpreter of fortune-telling must pass through the symbolic drawings printed on playing cards through the prism of his own interpretation.
Lenormand fortune telling became widespread in the twentieth century and allows for intuitive interpretation related to a specific life situation. This is the difference between Lenormand fortune telling and medieval fortune telling, when the interpretation of fortune telling from books was widespread, when the meanings of the cards were like “book rules”. In Lenormand fortune telling on playing cards, the traditional four suits and continuous numbering of cards are used, complementing the fortune telling process with numerology with its interactions and cabalistic connections. In this you can see the analogy of Lenormand fortune telling and Tarot cards, which are also closely related to numerology.
It shouldn't bother you that purchasing a deck of Lenormand cards is not that easy. You can make it yourself from an ordinary deck of playing cards by numbering the deck. To facilitate interpretation and intuitive fortune-telling, you can put simple symbolic drawings on playing cards: a house, a heart, a snake, a book, a bouquet, a braid, etc. I assure you, this will not affect the result of fortune-telling at all, and we have the correspondence between ordinary playing cards and Lenormand cards for you prepared, take it and use it.
Lenormand meaning of cards by suit:
| Worms | Ace | BARIN | Diamonds | Ace | SUN | |
| King | HOUSE | King | FISH | |||
| Lady | STORK | Lady | FORK | |||
| Jack | HEART | Jack | SPIT | |||
| Ten | DOG | Ten | BOOK | |||
| Nine | MESSENGER | Nine | COFFIN | |||
| Eight | MOON | Eight | KEY | |||
| Seven | TREE | Seven | OWL | |||
| Six | STARS | Six | CLOVER | |||
| Peaks | Ace | LADY | Clubs | Ace | RING | |
| King | LILY | King | CLOUDS | |||
| Lady | BOUQUET | Lady | SNAKE | |||
| Jack | CHILD | Jack | BROOM | |||
| Ten | SHIP | Ten | BEAR | |||
| Nine | ANCHOR | Nine | FOX | |||
| Eight | GARDEN | Eight | MOUNTAIN | |||
| Seven | LETTER | Seven | RAT | |||
| Six | TOWER | Six | CROSS |
Six - the meaning of cards by suit
6 Six of Hearts - 16. Stars-This card itself is neutral, its interpretation depends entirely on neighboring cards. In combination with good cards, it is a harbinger of success, and with bad cards - a series of failures. If the star lies far from the questioner’s card, then this means that the planned task will be fulfilled.
6♦ Six of diamonds - 2. Clover- This card means waiting. When upright and surrounded by good cards, clover symbolizes the end of troubles and the beginning of a happy life. This is a card of joy and optimism. Its appearance in a reading indicates that good luck is with you, that you are guaranteed coziness, comfort and quiet family happiness. In an inverted position and surrounded by bad cards, the six of diamonds symbolizes the collapse of hopes, losses, and disappointment. If it lies far from the questioner's card, then someone is greatly harming you.
6♣ Six of clubs - 36. Cross- The interpretation of this card is quite transparent: each person bears his own cross. This card appears at the moment when a person must understand: the current trials are a lesson that must be passed. A cross located close to the “main” card means that the problems have already been overcome, but close to it the card indicates that one should stock up on wisdom and endurance to resolve numerous issues.
6♠ Six of spades - 19. Tower- The card symbolizes summing up, finishing some things. In some situations, this is the end of a life’s work, but whether it’s good or bad depends on the surrounding cards. Next to good cards, it foreshadows further success and material stability; with bad cards, its meaning changes to the opposite.
Seven - the meaning of cards by suit
7 Seven of Hearts - 5. Tree- Indicates the state of health and vital energy of the fortuneteller. The further it is from the “main” card, the better the situation with health and well-being. Next to bad cards, and even close to the questioner’s card, the tree signals a sharp deterioration in well-being.
7♦ Seven of diamonds – 12. Owl- A very ambiguous card: on the one hand, a symbol of the dark, hidden from human eyes, on the other hand, it corresponds to its picture (the symbol of wisdom) and says that a person endures all difficulties with dignity, and soon there will be an improvement in life and business. The appearance of this card in the layout shows that the questioner needs to take a different look at his problems and adversities, realize his mistakes and rise to a new level of consciousness and spirituality.
7♣ Seven of clubs - 23. Rat-Warns about possible losses and losses, but if this card lies next to the questioner’s card, then what was lost will return to you.
7♠ Seven of spades - 27. Letter- Symbolizes long-awaited news, and usually not personal, but most often official. The specific nature of the supposed news is deduced from the meaning of neighboring cards.
Eight - the meaning of cards by suit
8 Eight of Hearts - 32. Moon- If this card appears, then the questioner needs meditation and concentration. The moon is changeable and mysterious, like the human subconscious, so the fortune teller’s advice is to look into yourself, become aware of your past in order to overcome your fears and vices. Surrounded by favorable cards, the moon speaks of well-deserved recognition, reward, honors; surrounded by unfavorable ones - about the indifference of others, lack of recognition, stress and depression.
8♦ Eight of diamonds - 8. Coffin- A bad card, symbolizing a serious long-term illness or even death, it all depends on the neighboring cards. When analyzing her surroundings, you need to be very careful - you can find out where the trouble is coming from.
8♣ Eight of clubs - 21. Mountain- This card symbolizes an obstacle: circumstances or people that interfere with the implementation of plans. She warns of various difficulties and advises to wait it out with active actions.
8♠ Eight of spades - 20. Garden- Always talks about the upcoming celebration, holiday, party. This card tells a person that the world is beautiful and full of joy and pleasure. He talks about excellent relationships with all relatives and colleagues, about success in business. This is also a card for career advancement. However, in a reading, it can warn of self-deception, of hidden traps that will negate all efforts. If there are bad cards nearby, you should be careful in making new acquaintances and be wary of rumors and gossip.
Nine - the meaning of cards by suit
9 Nine of Hearts - 1. Messenger- News, an important message or a guest who will bring it. The nature of the news will depend on the cards lying nearby. If the card lies far from the questioner’s card, then news will come from afar, perhaps even from abroad. The messenger also talks about possible business contacts with foreigners.
9♦ Nine of Diamonds – 33. Key- The interpretation of the card is quite clear: the key that opens the doors. This card talks about the exit from the labyrinth. It symbolizes an excellent way out of the situation, a solution to the problems that have arisen. But if it lies far from the questioner’s card, then a solution to the problem has not yet been found.
9♣ Nine of clubs - 14. Fox- Informs about impending deception on the part of unfamiliar people. Warns of the danger of treason.
9♠ Nine of spades - 35. Anchor- A symbol of hope and constancy. The card indicates that the questioner knows how to value friendship. In addition, the card predicts the fulfillment of a wish if it lies next to the “main” card, and disappointment if it lies far from it. The appearance of an anchor indicates the questioner’s desire to find a safe harbor.
Ten - the meaning of cards by suit
10 Ten of Hearts - 18. Dog- Symbolizes a friend or girlfriend, as well as the successful completion of a planned business. With good neighboring cards it means true friends, good luck in business and in partnership; next to bad cards it speaks of insincere friends.
10♦ Ten of Diamonds – 26. Book- It is a symbol of learning in every sense. It means secret knowledge, possible difficulties, it all depends on the cards lying nearby. The appearance of a book in a reading indicates that the questioner needs to penetrate the secrets of existence and understand the laws of the Universe. If the card lies far from the questioner’s card, then it can be ignored - there is nothing important in the information received.
10♣ Ten of Clubs - 15. Bear- The card symbolizes strength and power. Close to the “main” card it speaks of power and authority, and far from it it warns of betrayal. Appearing in a chart foretells great luck.
10♠ Ten of spades - 3. Ship- Signifies the onset of a new life period, most often successful, and any changes. Symbolizes the human desire to change one’s life or any specific situation, a symbol of dreams and daring. Next to good cards it predicts travel, next to bad cards it predicts failure.
Jack - the meaning of cards by suit
There are 24 in Jack of Hearts. Heart- A favorable card - a symbol of harmonious relationships, love and harmony. Promises improvement in mood and relationships with loved ones, and may foreshadow new relationships. If there are bad cards nearby, a person should moderate his selfishness and arrogance.
B♦ Jack of diamonds - 10. Scythe- One of the worst cards: the scythe mows the grain. If it appears in the reading, it means that the time has come to collect stones: the cycle is closed, and the birth of a new one can be the death of the old. She warns of various dangers - from an accident on the road to separation from a loved one. The further the card is from the “main” one, the more dangerous the situation. If the card is surrounded by good cards, then destiny can be avoided through wise behavior and caution.
B♣ Jack of clubs - 11. Broom- The new broom sweeps in a new way. The card predicts quarrels and conflicts, as well as abandonment of the old. If the card lies next to a tree, it portends illness.
B♠ Jack of spades - 13. Child- One of the most favorable cards. Often means an addition to the family, it communicates the harmony and trust of close people in each other. For a woman, the appearance of this card clearly indicates pregnancy and the birth of a child.
Queen - meaning of cards by suit
D Queen of Hearts - 17. Stork- Also a good card: happiness and luck. If a stork appears near the questioning woman's card, it often predicts the birth of a child. Next to cards such as a messenger and a ship, foretells a pleasant journey. If there are bad cards nearby, a person will experience a change for the worse.
D♦ Queen of diamonds - 22. Fork- Fully consistent with its image and communicates that the person is at a crossroads. If there are bad cards next to a fork, you should not rush to make a decision. You should rush to make a choice if this card lies far from the “main” and next to good cards.
D♣ Queen of clubs - 7. Snake- One of the most unfavorable cards. Its appearance in the chart does not bode well and means the presence of an enemy and warns of betrayal. Wherever it lies, no matter what the neighboring cards are, the snake says that at the moment you cannot trust anyone.
D♠ Queen of spades - 9. Bouquet- The card is favorable for women - it foretells love passion, a gift from a loved one. In the general scenario, it symbolizes a good state of affairs, stability and stability.
King - meaning of cards by suit
K King of Hearts - 4. House- One of the most powerful good cards. It symbolizes the most important things in a person’s life: home, family, work, hobbies - in a word, everything to which a person gives his all. Predicts success in business and good luck in the family in almost any situation. Moreover, it neutralizes or weakens the effect of bad cards.
K♦ King of Diamonds - 34. Fish- Another very good card. Promises the fulfillment of a cherished dream and all desires, however, within reasonable limits. Next to good cards and close to the questioner's card, it predicts a wonderful future and getting everything you've been waiting for. Far from the questioner's card and next to bad cards promises disappointment in business and love, and also suggests that you trusted the wrong people.
K♣ King of Clubs - 6. Clouds- Unfavorable card. Often warns of troubles, corresponding to its pattern. It promises unrest, impending troubles and thunderstorms, and a bad mood. The meaning depends on the card that is under it.
K♠ King of Spades - 30. Lilies- Symbolizes power and authority, reports a strong patron. If there are not very good cards next to the lily, there will be a serious quarrel with management or older relatives. Also, surrounded by bad cards, it speaks of the disgrace of a former favorite.
Ace - the meaning of cards by suit
T Ace of Hearts - 28. Barin (Male)- This is the questioner’s card for a man, i.e. in the layout it means himself. If a woman is being told fortunes, then the Ace of Hearts means a man in the questioner’s life: brother, husband, friend or son. If the card lies in the extreme row, horizontal or vertical, changes in life associated with men will soon come.
T♠ Ace of spades - 29. Lady (Woman)- This is the questioner's card for a woman. For a man, it means bride, wife, mother, and also indicates a transitional period in life. If the Lady lies in the outer row, she indicates major changes and the onset of a new stage in life. When the Ace of Hearts and the Ace of Spades lie far from each other in a layout, this indicates cooling between spouses or lovers.
T♦ Ace of diamonds - 31. Sun- One of the most powerful good cards. It means the onset of a bright streak in life, indicating that luck will literally accompany a person. Neighboring cards will indicate where you will be especially lucky. The further the sun is from the questioner’s card, the longer it takes to wait for such well-being, but it will definitely come.
T♣ Ace of clubs - 25. Ring- The card is a symbol of marriage. If the ring falls in the position of the past, then this is an already existing marriage, of the future - a marriage that will be concluded. Next to bad cards, the ring means quarrels with loved ones and even divorce; under the “main” card, the ring announces an imminent meeting with your soulmate.
Now, knowing the meaning of playing cards in accordance with the meaning of Lenormand cards, you can make and interpret the Grand Layout (BR) Lenormand and other less complex Lenormand layouts, which we talk about separately. Obviously, BLR is a complex scenario. However, the effort spent on studying it will definitely pay off in the form of great satisfaction received from accurate and detailed predictions when fortune telling the future. Next, we will tell you how to make a “4 row” Lenormand layout on playing cards.
Fortune telling with playing cards “4 rows” Lenormand
For fortune telling for a certain period of time, the “4 rows” layout is used. Fortune telling "4 rows" Lenormand on playing cards uses all 36 cards of the playing deck in its layout. It is necessary to arrange all the cards from the deck in four rows of nine cards. Then choose a playing card that represents the person for whom the Lenormand fortune-telling is performed. For a man, the ace of hearts (No. 28) is chosen, for a woman - the ace of spades (No. 29), for a child - the jack of spades (No. 13). The period of time for which Lenormand fortune telling is performed is guessed in advance, before the cards are laid out.
Now we take the column of the layout in which the questioner’s card appears to be the “present”, everything that is located to the left of it is the past, everything that is located to the right is the future. In addition, Erna Drusbeke pays special attention when doing Lenormand fortune-telling to the horizontal line in which there is a card of the one for whom fortune-telling is being done. This is the line of main events. You should also pay attention to the two diagonals from the questioner’s card - this is fate, a karmic cross.
Everything that is above the main line is associated with circumstances that influence a person, that is, with external circumstances. Everything below is the circumstances that a person must influence himself, which he must use in order to realize his desires.
And finally, another important rule: the closer this or that card is located to the questioner’s card during Lenormand fortune-telling, the stronger its influence on events related to his fate. Lenormand fortune telling does not take into account the position of the card, that is, there is not much difference whether the card fell out straight or upside down, which undoubtedly facilitates the possibilities of reading.
The period of time for which fortune telling is performed can be any. It could be a day, a month, a year, or the rest of your life.
Popular fortune telling
Fortune telling, which was a favorite of Empress Catherine II, according to legend, was quite simple. 40 cards depicted 40 symbols that had a classic decoding, but for a specific situation they could have a direct meaning and mean exactly what is depicted on them. Out of 40 cards turned upside down, three were selected and, depending on the question of interest, the result was interpreted. Try this fortune telling to predict your fate or clarify a question that interests you.
Love fortune telling on gypsy Tarot cards will tell you how the person in question treats you and what she thinks about you. This layout also shows what feelings the person you are interested in has towards you, what attitude he demonstrates and what he hides, what goals he sets in your relationship, what he plans for you in the future, and what the outcome of communication with this person is. Think about your question and select cards from the deck.
Tarot card layout “When will I meet my love?” used to predict a new acquaintance, which can develop into true love and strong relationships. For this fortune telling, the questions usually asked are “Will I meet a guy/girlfriend in the near future?”, “Will I get married in the next year?”, “Where should I look for my love?” In a map symbolizing the place of acquaintance - carefully study what is shown on the map - this is a direct indication of the place of acquaintance. Focus and select cards from the deck.
One of the oldest games, Dominoes, is closely related to fortune telling, which was performed on dice with dotted numbers. Fortune telling on one domino bone helps predict fate, find out hidden and important events that are already happening or are about to happen, and most importantly, answer the question “What awaits me?” To get your prediction, choose one of 28 dominoes.
Fortune telling on the runes of Odin “One rune” is the simplest and at the same time accurate layout of the runes. You can ask a question and get an instant answer by pulling out just one rune. If the question implies an unambiguous answer, then the upright position of the rune means “Yes”, the inverted position of the rune means “No”, the empty Odin rune means an indefinite answer..
Fortune telling on Lenormand cards
Fortune telling using the Lenormand Oracle is one of the most common, since the symbolism depicted on the cards themselves is intuitively clear to everyone, even without decoding. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the most popular and used Lenormand card layouts using our online fortune telling. Select the fortune telling that suits you from the list below:
The Lenormand “Get to Know Your Partner” card layout gives insight into relationships in the present, past and future. How does your partner feel about your relationship, what nuances should you pay attention to, what pitfalls are hidden and what surprises of fate should you expect in your relationship with your lover. Think about your partner, ask your question regarding the relationship and choose 8 cards from the deck.
Layout of Lenormand cards “Separation” Suitable for those who are at odds with their partner or are on the verge of such a break. This fortune telling will help you find out what your partner’s attitude is towards breaking up, how your life will change if you decide to break up or maintain the relationship, and most importantly, whether your relationship has a chance. Concentrate and imagine the situation, ask a question to the cards, select 6 cards from the deck.
The Lenormand “Life Partner” card layout will help you better get to know the person with whom you are going to connect your life. This fortune telling will show in what ways you are close to your partner and in what ways you are different, what your partner is hiding from you, what qualities he values and complements, as well as what the fate of your relationship is. To begin, choose who you will guess, ask a question and then select cards from the deck.
The Lenormand “New Man” card layout is necessary in cases where a spark of sympathy runs between a man and a woman and the woman is wondering whether this man liked her, what he thinks about her and whether a love relationship is possible between them in the future. Before starting fortune telling, think about the situation and your partner, then select 4 cards from the deck.
The Lenormand “Dove” card layout is aimed at single women and girls waiting for love. With the help of this fortune-telling, you can find out what men like about you and what they don’t, what factors influence your personal life and whether you will have a relationship within the planned time frame (you need to make additional guesses.) Concentrate, ask your question and select four cards from the deck .
The Lenormand card layout “Love, Desire, Passion” is used to learn about the thoughts, desires and feelings of partners regarding each other. Fortune telling shows your attitude towards your partner, him towards you, as well as your general aspirations and desires. Before starting fortune telling, ask your question with concentration and select nine cards from the deck.
The layout of Lenormand cards “Harmony of Love” will help you find out what you like and what you don’t like in your love relationships, how your partner sees your relationship in the future and what needs to be changed in yourself to create strong and harmonious relationships. Also, with the help of this fortune telling, you will find out what approach is necessary to your partner and what advice the cards give for your relationship. Concentrate and imagine the situation, ask a question to the cards, select 6 cards from the deck.
The Lenormand “Your Light” card layout is intended to be brief. but from that no less informative forecast of the near and distant future. With the help of this online fortune telling, you can find out what awaits you, how events will develop, what surprise awaits you, and where everything will lead. The cards also give advice on how to behave in order to achieve a goal or avoid trouble. Before starting fortune telling, think about the person you will be telling fortunes about and select cards from the deck.
The Lenormand card layout “Return the relationship” is used in the case when love partners are in a quarrel, or have decided to separate or divorce forever. This fortune telling will show you whether reconciliation and renewal of relations is possible, and what needs to be done for that. to return love, whether your partner will want to renew the relationship with you and how this situation will end for you and your partner. Before starting fortune-telling, concentrate, make a question and make a wish for your partner. Then select seven cards from the deck.
The Lenormand “Scales of Justice” card layout is used when you have any dispute between another person. With the help of this fortune telling, you can even find out how the court case (if there is one) will end or a conflict based on a dispute or discussion. The layout gives advice on how to behave if the situation is resolved in your favor or in favor of your opponent. Before starting fortune telling, ask your question with concentration and select nine cards from the deck.
Lenormand card layout “What happens if?” helps determine actions when a difficult or conflict situation arises. Maps show how the situation will develop in the chosen and alternative directions. This fortune telling only shows possible developments based on one or another action; remember that the decision is still yours. Focus and ask your question to the cards, then select cards from the deck.
The Lenormand “Loyalty” card layout is necessary to determine whether your partner is cheating on you. In addition to this exciting question, the cards will also tell you about the nature of your relationship with your partner, what conscious and subconscious thoughts you and your partner have towards each other, as well as many other nuances of a love relationship. Focus and ask your question to the cards.
The layout of the Lenormand cards “Cause of Failure” is used to analyze an unpleasant situation, and also helps to understand what led to such events in life - is there a karmic background to what happened, is there a chance of accident, or is your wrong actions or thoughts to blame in the chain of failures. Focus and ask your question to the cards.
Lenormand “Chains of Fortune” card layout is a universal fortune telling for any life situation in the aspect of the future. The layout, consisting of 4 cards, is very simple, but at the same time very informative and gives a forecast for the near and distant future, how this situation will end. Before starting fortune telling, concentrate and ask your question, then select cards from the deck.
The layout of the Lenormand "Volnitsa" cards, carried out on three cards, is a fairly simple way to predict the development of the situation. With the help of this online fortune telling, you can find out what is destined for you, how everything can change (go differently from what you expect) and what the outcome of the planned situation will be. Concentrate and ask your question after the cards fall out - carefully read the transcript.
The layout of the Lenormand “Love” cards is a simple way of predicting the characteristics of the relationship between two people, what each of them brings to the relationship, what are the similarities and differences between people in the union, what are the main aspects of a love relationship. Before starting fortune telling, think about your partner and ask a question to the cards.
Online fortune telling “Lenormand Advice” is a one-card layout of Lenormand cards, each card of which gives specific advice for you. This fortune telling can be used as a daily fortune telling for planning the day or as an assistant in a difficult situation. Questions suitable for this fortune-telling are “What should I do?” and “What is this situation teaching me?” Focus and choose a card from the deck and read the advice it gives.
An interesting numerological layout of Lenormand cards “Personality Card” allows you to determine his card in the deck by a person’s date of birth. In order to find out which card is predetermined for a certain person, you need to add up all the numbers of his date of birth. If the sum is greater than 36 (the last card number in the deck), then it is also necessary to add the digits of the resulting result. With the help of our online fortune telling, it has become even easier to find out the mysterious card, just select the date of birth of the person you are interested in in the drop-down list.
The Lenormand “Cross” card layout is one of the simplest for predicting the future. This fortune telling will show you how the planned situation will end for you, what opportunities exist for achieving a goal or solving a problem, and whether your plans will come true in the future. Focus and ask your question, select five cards from the deck.
The layout of the Lenormand cards “Five Elements” gives a general idea of the various spheres of the fortuneteller’s life, and the result of fortune telling is the numerological sum of the cards (it can repeat the card that fell in the layout). Fortune telling allows you to understand yourself and make the right decision based on your capabilities. The last card “Spirit” in this fortune-telling implies karma, the destiny of the fortuneteller from above, something that does not depend on him. Before you start fortune telling, think about your question and select cards from the deck.
Based on the Lenormand Card of the Day layout, an interesting online fortune-telling has been implemented, with the help of which you can get a forecast for the events that will happen on the predicted day, as well as advice on how to behave on this day and what lessons should be learned. Make a guess on the day you want to tell fortunes for and choose a card from the deck.
Lenormand card layout “Do I like it or not?” used in cases where the fortuneteller would like to clarify the real relationship with his partner. The cards show how your partner treats you, what he thinks about you, what he plans to do and how you should behave; the cards also give a forecast for the development of your relationship in the near future. Before fortune telling, ask your question to the cards and imagine your partner.
The layout of Lenormand cards “Two” is one of the most popular when divining love and relationships between a woman and a man. This fortune telling shows the conscious and unconscious relationship between two close people, what thoughts and feelings they have for each other, what actions they take and what their relationship will be in the future.
The layout of the Lenormand cards “For the situation” gives accurate, without any unnecessary details, information about the reasons for the current situation, what the potential of your capabilities is and what the outcome of the whole matter will be. This fortune telling is a simplified version of the “Nine Lenormand Cards” spread, but no less practical and popular in the use of fortune tellers.
Madame Marie Lenormand (1772-1843) was a famous French soothsayer and fortune teller. At one time she predicted the fate of many famous personalities. For example, Napoleon, Alexander I, Honore de Balzac, King Louis Philippe, composer Gioachino Rossini. Lenormand cards are fortune-telling cards and many people mistakenly call them Tarot cards. This deck differs from Tarot cards in that they do not have major arcana. Information on Maria Lenormand's fortune-telling system was not preserved after her death. It is believed that she read the cards in a special way known only to her.
There are two main decks that bear her name. The first is called astro-mythological, the second - gypsy. Maria Lenormand's Gypsy deck consists of 36 cards. For this reason, it can be replaced with a deck of playing cards, which makes fortune telling accessible to anyone.
Layout for the situation
This layout is done using Madame Lenormand's deck of cards. It helps to obtain additional information about the situation of interest, whether it is related to love affairs or business. He will also tell you what the future holds.
First you need to choose a personal card for the questioner. If the fortuneteller is a man, then this is the 28th card, indicating the ace of hearts. If a woman, then the 29th card is the ace of spades. This layout consists of 4 cards, which are opened sequentially.
1 card – information that clarifies the reason for the question.
2 – the capabilities of a fortuneteller. Help from a loved one or, conversely, obstacles and troubles.
3 – advice from the Maria Lenormand deck.
4 – what the future holds, how the situation in question will be resolved.
Relationship breakdown
First you need to concentrate on the question and think about what you want to learn from the cards. Then mix well and remove the deck with your left hand.
We take the deck and from left to right we lay out the cards face down in rows of 8 cards. The last row will consist of 4 cards.
Among the cards laid out, you need to find two main ones: the man is the Ace of Hearts, the woman is the Ace of Spades. They represent the fortuneteller and his partner (husband, loved one).
All cards must be removed, leaving only the key cards and the cards that surround them on four sides. After this, you can watch the interpretation of the cards of Maria Lenormand.
Interpretation of Lenormand cards
Madame Lenormand's deck of cards can be divided into 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades. The interpretation of each card has a special meaning and reveals the necessary information that is necessary for the questioner.
Worms
6 – “Stars”. A favorable card that foreshadows the repetition of pleasant events and special impressions. In combination with good cards, it foretells a number of successes; with bad cards, failures and mistakes.
7 – “Tree”. The meaning of this card is health. The farther it is from the questioner’s card, the less you can worry about health.
8 – “Moon”. Close to the fortuneteller's card, the meaning of this card foretells reward, success, recognition of others, peace and harmony. Away means indifference and lack of recognition of the people around you.
9 – “Messenger”. This card means a message or news. Sometimes the arrival of some guest from far away.
10 – “Dog”. The interpretation of this card is very good. It means a faithful friend, a good outcome of a planned business. When combined or surrounded by bad cards, it means unfaithful friends.
Jack – “Heart”. If the alignment is made for relationships, then the card promises strong and mutual love with a partner. Harmonious continuation of the relationship with a good ending.
Lady – “Stork”. The stork is considered by many to be a harbinger of happiness. If it goes in combination with the “ship” or “messenger” cards, then its meaning is travel, getting new sensations. Next to “home” – moving to a new apartment. For a woman it can mean the birth of a child.
King - "Home". Its meaning: family, house, apartment or plot of land. A favorable card in any respect.
Ace - "Gentleman". When telling fortunes to a woman, the card means a loved one.
Diamonds
6 – “Clover”. The meaning of the card is expectation, hopes and plans for the future. Next to good cards, it foretells the fulfillment of hopes, and with unfavorable cards, the collapse of plans and desires.
7 – “Owls”. Wise thoughts that come to mind and haunt you. But the main thing is that these thoughts are not fruitless, they help to understand internal problems.
8 – “Key”. In this case, the key has a figurative meaning. If a situation is mapped out, it means finding a solution to the current situation, change, a new stage in life.
9 – “Coffin”. Indicates possible illness or death. A very unfavorable card.
10 – “Book”. Independent study or enrollment in an educational institution. May indicate an important discovery, the solution to a difficult problem. There may be information that is being hidden from you.
Jack - "Scythe". Warns of the possibility of accident, accident or injury. It may also indicate a major quarrel.
Lady – “Fork”. Gives the fortuneteller to think and make a choice regarding something.
King - “Pisces”. A favorable card in every sense. Luck awaits you everywhere, no matter what you undertake.
Ace - "Sun". It promises a good mood, good luck and luck. Help and communication with people around you.
Clubs
6 – “Cross”. In the deck of the Lenormand maiden, this card means that each person bears his own cross. Everyone has their own problem, their own problem that needs to be solved.
7 – “Rats”. Damage to property, theft or loss. If this card falls out, you need to be on guard: check that all the locks in the house are in order, that your wallet is in its place in your bag.
8 – “Mountain”. Obstacles of various kinds. It could be people or unfavorable circumstances that get in the way. Advice: bypass them or wait until everything resolves itself.
9 – “Fox”. Means deception or betrayal.
10 – “Bear”. Close to the questioning card, speaks of its strength. It could also be a patron.
Jack - "Broom". Talks about an upcoming quarrel with parents, loved ones or acquaintances. In combination with “tree” it means illness.
Lady - “Snake”. In the deck of the maiden, Lenormand indicates danger, an ill-wisher, an enemy or an envious person. You need to be more careful in conversations with people around you.
King - "Clouds". The card speaks of troubles, illness, and unwanted events.
