greatdane
**I just wanted to start this thread by saying I think everyone should have decks they way they want them, designers should design what they like.
This thread is not what MUST be, a deck MUST have to be Lenormand, but ....what it makes a Lenormand a Lenormand for all of us individual readers with our own preferences.**
I know we just had a deal breaker thread about what would keep us from getting a deck, but how do we each define a Lenormand deck for OURSELVES?
Where does DEFINITION start and just preferences in style begin?
For me:
36 CARDS - (A deck can have EXTRA cards, like two Men, two Women, two of any of the standard 36 and EXTRA cards with different images, but IT MUST HAVE THE STANDARD 36 at least)
RECOGNIZABLE IMAGES - As soon as I take the deck out of the box, I want to go through and INSTANTLY KNOW what a card is by sight. I should be able to take a new deck, shuffle it, and any card that pops up....I KNOW wHAT IT IS. I shouldn't need a title and substitutions (like a bunch of pencils in a jar as Bouquet) don't really make me see Lenormand.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, this is the definition of a Lenormand deck. I have other PREFERENCES, size, card stock, how I like to see an IMAGE portrayed, but as far as just seeing a deck as Lenormand, as opposed to oracle or any other system, those are the basics.
When we discuss Lenormand, tarot, oracle, it seems there is SOMETHING that makes it that for us, so we're on the same page (or deck). SO....when you hear or see the word..."LENORMAND" what do you think?
This thread is not what MUST be, a deck MUST have to be Lenormand, but ....what it makes a Lenormand a Lenormand for all of us individual readers with our own preferences.**
I know we just had a deal breaker thread about what would keep us from getting a deck, but how do we each define a Lenormand deck for OURSELVES?
Where does DEFINITION start and just preferences in style begin?
For me:
36 CARDS - (A deck can have EXTRA cards, like two Men, two Women, two of any of the standard 36 and EXTRA cards with different images, but IT MUST HAVE THE STANDARD 36 at least)
RECOGNIZABLE IMAGES - As soon as I take the deck out of the box, I want to go through and INSTANTLY KNOW what a card is by sight. I should be able to take a new deck, shuffle it, and any card that pops up....I KNOW wHAT IT IS. I shouldn't need a title and substitutions (like a bunch of pencils in a jar as Bouquet) don't really make me see Lenormand.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, this is the definition of a Lenormand deck. I have other PREFERENCES, size, card stock, how I like to see an IMAGE portrayed, but as far as just seeing a deck as Lenormand, as opposed to oracle or any other system, those are the basics.
When we discuss Lenormand, tarot, oracle, it seems there is SOMETHING that makes it that for us, so we're on the same page (or deck). SO....when you hear or see the word..."LENORMAND" what do you think?