MareSaturni
All right folks, brace yerselves, 'cause this is big.
As I stated previously in this thread, Dicta & Françoise teach four different situations in which you read the cards. I'll be posting them in parts, so the posts won't be too long and complicated. My french is not the best thing in the world, but decent enough for me to understand what they mean
FIRST SITUATION: When you read the Lenormand for yourself
First take your full name and use the "hidden alphabet" of Mlle Lenormand to find it's "number". To make things easier, Dicta and Françoise give us a table (yes, some numbers repeat):
Mlle Lenormand Hidden Alphabet:
A = 1..... G = 10..... M = 19..... S = 20.....Y = 50
B = 2..... H = 28..... N = 26..... T = 6...... Z = 70
C = 4..... I = 15...... O = 8....... U = 9
D = 5..... J = 15...... P = 77..... V = 9
E = 3..... K = 16...... Q = 27.... W = 9
F = 8..... L = 21...... R = 11..... X = 13
Using the numbers above, calculate the number or your first name, then the number of your surname and after you get one number for each, add those numbers.
If the resulting numbers is bigger than 52, keep adding the digits until you arrive at a smaller number.
Put this number aside for a while, and get your birth date. To your "name number", add the number of your month plus the year that you were born. Remember that, except when using the numbers from the table above, you always add the individual digits, NEVER the whole number. If you were born in December 1990, you should add 1+2+1+9+9+0, and not 12 + 1990!
The final number you get from this additions will give you the number of the card you need to select after cutting the deck.
The day of your birth is not used in this calculation!
Complicated? Lets use an example!
~*~
EXAMPLE:
Let's say your name is John Smith, and you were born on March 7th 1990.
First, lets calculate your name:
J-O-H-N
15 + 8 + 28 + 26 = 77
Then the surname:
S-M-I-T-H:
20 + 19 + 15 + 6 + 28 = 88
Then you add the two numbers:
77 + 88 = 165
This is bigger than 52, so we add the individual digits until we get a number smaller than 52.
1+6+5 = 12
John Smith's "name number" is 12. Save this number, and lets calculate the birth date!
March = 3
Year = 1990
3+1+9+9+0 = 22
Now you have two numbers: 12 (from your name) and 22 (from your birth month and year). Now you add these two numbers:
12 + 22 = 34
34 is our final number for this method. What does it mean? That after you cut the deck, the 34th card from the top is the card that contains your answer.
~*~
Et voilà! This is the first method taught by Dicta & Françoise, for when your wish to read for yourself. Next time we'll see how do you do when you want to read for another person!
As I stated previously in this thread, Dicta & Françoise teach four different situations in which you read the cards. I'll be posting them in parts, so the posts won't be too long and complicated. My french is not the best thing in the world, but decent enough for me to understand what they mean
FIRST SITUATION: When you read the Lenormand for yourself
First take your full name and use the "hidden alphabet" of Mlle Lenormand to find it's "number". To make things easier, Dicta and Françoise give us a table (yes, some numbers repeat):
Mlle Lenormand Hidden Alphabet:
A = 1..... G = 10..... M = 19..... S = 20.....Y = 50
B = 2..... H = 28..... N = 26..... T = 6...... Z = 70
C = 4..... I = 15...... O = 8....... U = 9
D = 5..... J = 15...... P = 77..... V = 9
E = 3..... K = 16...... Q = 27.... W = 9
F = 8..... L = 21...... R = 11..... X = 13
Using the numbers above, calculate the number or your first name, then the number of your surname and after you get one number for each, add those numbers.
If the resulting numbers is bigger than 52, keep adding the digits until you arrive at a smaller number.
Put this number aside for a while, and get your birth date. To your "name number", add the number of your month plus the year that you were born. Remember that, except when using the numbers from the table above, you always add the individual digits, NEVER the whole number. If you were born in December 1990, you should add 1+2+1+9+9+0, and not 12 + 1990!
The final number you get from this additions will give you the number of the card you need to select after cutting the deck.
The day of your birth is not used in this calculation!
Complicated? Lets use an example!
~*~
EXAMPLE:
Let's say your name is John Smith, and you were born on March 7th 1990.
First, lets calculate your name:
J-O-H-N
15 + 8 + 28 + 26 = 77
Then the surname:
S-M-I-T-H:
20 + 19 + 15 + 6 + 28 = 88
Then you add the two numbers:
77 + 88 = 165
This is bigger than 52, so we add the individual digits until we get a number smaller than 52.
1+6+5 = 12
John Smith's "name number" is 12. Save this number, and lets calculate the birth date!
March = 3
Year = 1990
3+1+9+9+0 = 22
Now you have two numbers: 12 (from your name) and 22 (from your birth month and year). Now you add these two numbers:
12 + 22 = 34
34 is our final number for this method. What does it mean? That after you cut the deck, the 34th card from the top is the card that contains your answer.
~*~
Et voilà! This is the first method taught by Dicta & Françoise, for when your wish to read for yourself. Next time we'll see how do you do when you want to read for another person!