Lee
"Common Sense Lenormand" is a system for reading the cards which I created because I felt the need for a system which was logical, understandable, and easily explained, without the necessity for the reader to guess at how cards in a line should be combined.
There are four threads in the series:
Level I - the basic 5-card spread
Level II (this thread) - one way of expanding the spread to go deeper
Level III - another way of expanding the spread to go deeper
Keywords - you can certainly use your own meanings but these are the keywords I developed for this method.
Level II and Level III each offer different options for going deeper and adding more cards. They both build on the five-card method described in Level I, but they do not build on each other. So once you've done a five-card Level I reading, if you want to go further, you can either proceed to a Level II or a Level III reading.
For those who discover this thread first, you will want to read the Level I thread before this one. I've also posted a thread of Keywords for my card meanings, but of course you can use any card meanings for the reading methods described in Levels I, II, and III.
Level II utilizes houses. Each reading will use only two houses. The houses are chosen randomly, so you will want to use a separate Lenormand deck for the houses so you can shuffle the cards. Many of us are compulsive Lenormand collectors and have more than one deck, so I don't foresee that the requirement to use two decks will pose a problem.
Personally I use Tierney Sadler's Deck of Lenormand Houses, which I highly recommend. The cards are large so that the cards we're reading can be placed over them without covering the House card title, and the lack of an image gives them an appropriately generic quality.
I'm going to use an actual reading to describe the method.
Here is the question for the reading: I have an aunt whose husband recently passed away. This aunt and I haven't spoken very much over the past ten years. We used to get along well, but she has a somewhat domineering and judgmental personality and we argued and fell out of touch. Lately I've been feeling that I would like to have a better relationship with her, and have sent her several friendly emails offering to get together and also offering any assistance I can give during this difficult time for her, and I've become a bit obsessed with trying to think of ways I can encourage her to be less stand-off-ish. She has responded in a polite and friendly tone but as far as getting together, she just says "maybe in the future." So my question is, do I have a good chance of successfully mending this relationship?
Step 1: Shuffle your Houses deck and lay out two cards (they'll need to have some distance from each other, you'll see why). The first card is Cause, the second card is Effect.
23 Mice.....................5 Bouquet
Just from these two cards alone, we can say that there are underlying problems and stresses in the relationship, but perhaps these stresses, and the overcoming of them, will in the end lead to a better and more enduring relationship.
There are four threads in the series:
Level I - the basic 5-card spread
Level II (this thread) - one way of expanding the spread to go deeper
Level III - another way of expanding the spread to go deeper
Keywords - you can certainly use your own meanings but these are the keywords I developed for this method.
Level II and Level III each offer different options for going deeper and adding more cards. They both build on the five-card method described in Level I, but they do not build on each other. So once you've done a five-card Level I reading, if you want to go further, you can either proceed to a Level II or a Level III reading.
For those who discover this thread first, you will want to read the Level I thread before this one. I've also posted a thread of Keywords for my card meanings, but of course you can use any card meanings for the reading methods described in Levels I, II, and III.
Level II utilizes houses. Each reading will use only two houses. The houses are chosen randomly, so you will want to use a separate Lenormand deck for the houses so you can shuffle the cards. Many of us are compulsive Lenormand collectors and have more than one deck, so I don't foresee that the requirement to use two decks will pose a problem.
Personally I use Tierney Sadler's Deck of Lenormand Houses, which I highly recommend. The cards are large so that the cards we're reading can be placed over them without covering the House card title, and the lack of an image gives them an appropriately generic quality.
I'm going to use an actual reading to describe the method.
Here is the question for the reading: I have an aunt whose husband recently passed away. This aunt and I haven't spoken very much over the past ten years. We used to get along well, but she has a somewhat domineering and judgmental personality and we argued and fell out of touch. Lately I've been feeling that I would like to have a better relationship with her, and have sent her several friendly emails offering to get together and also offering any assistance I can give during this difficult time for her, and I've become a bit obsessed with trying to think of ways I can encourage her to be less stand-off-ish. She has responded in a polite and friendly tone but as far as getting together, she just says "maybe in the future." So my question is, do I have a good chance of successfully mending this relationship?
Step 1: Shuffle your Houses deck and lay out two cards (they'll need to have some distance from each other, you'll see why). The first card is Cause, the second card is Effect.
23 Mice.....................5 Bouquet
Just from these two cards alone, we can say that there are underlying problems and stresses in the relationship, but perhaps these stresses, and the overcoming of them, will in the end lead to a better and more enduring relationship.
