Genna
The Enchanted Lenormand Oracle comes with a very very good book(159 pages), that will help you start and a spreading sheet for the Grand Tableau(9x4) and an extra gentleman and lady. The deck is by Caitlin Matthews and Virginia Lee. A problem is that they have added an extra card (The Diviner Card), that you haven´t got to use, and call The Whip The Broom, and The Cross The Crossing, but that doesn´t change the meaning of those cards. You have to add a bag or box for the cards, because they fall out of the original box.The cards are small and easy to shuffle. Some find them busy; I don´t.
Other good beginner decks IMHO are Blue Bird Lenormand (a beauty in old style and the one I think is best for beginners) and Gilded Reverie Lenormand by Ciro Marchetti (lovely cards and a rather good LWB).
I would advise you to use Mystical Lenormand and separate book, because the book is very good to start with and the art is wonderful, but, unfortunately, the cards don´t show the playing card inserts. Otherwise it is pleasant to read with and the book gives a lot of information for the beginner and examples of the author´s view of two card readings for all combinations. If you use it you have to find another deck for when you will want to start to use the playing card inserts.It is the deck I began with, and it is very friendly and good for beginners, I think.
On the other hand, you should not buy a deck for the book alone, because you might want to buy a good handbook after all, like "The Essential Lenormand" by Rana George, "The Complete Lenormand Oracle Handbook" by Caitlin Mattews, the book by AndyBC and others.
Love and Light Genna.
Other good beginner decks IMHO are Blue Bird Lenormand (a beauty in old style and the one I think is best for beginners) and Gilded Reverie Lenormand by Ciro Marchetti (lovely cards and a rather good LWB).
I would advise you to use Mystical Lenormand and separate book, because the book is very good to start with and the art is wonderful, but, unfortunately, the cards don´t show the playing card inserts. Otherwise it is pleasant to read with and the book gives a lot of information for the beginner and examples of the author´s view of two card readings for all combinations. If you use it you have to find another deck for when you will want to start to use the playing card inserts.It is the deck I began with, and it is very friendly and good for beginners, I think.
On the other hand, you should not buy a deck for the book alone, because you might want to buy a good handbook after all, like "The Essential Lenormand" by Rana George, "The Complete Lenormand Oracle Handbook" by Caitlin Mattews, the book by AndyBC and others.
Love and Light Genna.