The Question is a very interesting one. Cards like Lenormand and Tarot are images that evoke something from within ourselves, to answer a question usually. The LeNormand cards are supposed to be more fatelike as in fortune telling. I have two LeNormand cards for the Snake, and the images are very different, aside from both illustrating a snake. The French Cartomancy deck says in the booklet..
Don't trust a woman who is dark-haired, kind and loving only in appearance. Betrayal is in the air. (Rx) is hypocrisy, justified jealousy, misplaced trust.
and in the Mystical Lenormand it is says for the snake
This card indicates betrayal, falseness, lies and detours. It can also stand for a girlfriend, sister, lady friend, etc.
Now if I was to look at the French Cartomancy I would certainly see my fear of snakes, also sudden attack and all the images of Western Christianity about the snake- temptation, Satan etc.
In the Mystical LeNormand I see something totally different. I see the primordial snake with all its associations, holding the Cosmic egg. In this deck it is all symbols. So I so not see fear. I don't even see the 'snake in the grass' aspect of false friends.
To me it is all in the image and what you see in that image. That is what reading is about- it is what you see in the image. Your 'intuition' I am sure will not tell you a snake is a welcome visitor or a bunch of flowers or a book. Look at the image and if you feel/see fear- then you convey that to whoever you are reading for. We all read according to what is in our heads- I might upon drawing this card think- oops I had better be careful where I step or in the case of the Mystical..I wonder if she is pregnant?
These cards are really fun and I have been journalling them for a while now, and very rarely have they meant the book meanings, but sometimes they have. ~Rosanne