karlwb
My favorite spread in learning LeNormand is to chose a significator, the Gentleman in my case, reinsert in deck, shuffle, and go through the deck until coming to the significator and reading the three cards before and the three cards after.
I agree with the consensus that one needs at least three cards to put together an interpretation.
In this spread, I start the “alphabet” closest to the significator.
For each card I come up with about three to six key words. From them I form simple lines. Some combinations allow multiple interpretations and try to come up with as many as practical.
For example: In one reading where I merely asked what to expect for the next few days. I drew Ways + Stars + Scythe - Gentleman - Fish + Mountain + Ring.
Reading back from the Gentleman, I interpret “Loss of vision and direction”. Forward, “Financial challenges in partnership.”
This reading pretty much wraps up my feelings about my job.
As a further exercise, I may mix and match the orders of the cards to perhaps come up with a different interpretation. If I reverse the order (from the significator) of Ways + Stars + Scythe, I may come up with “Pathway and direction terminated (or decided)”. With Fish + Mountain + Ring reversed, I may come up with “Contractual obstacles in business”.
Typically, the order from the significator seems to be more relevant.
I may also take the two cards on each side of the significator and come up with a simple two-card combo interpretation. In this case Scythe + Fish = “Cuts (or decision) in business and finance. Reversed? In this case, even if one turned the keywords around in a sentence, the meaning appears to be nearly the same.
I suppose this post could go under “Readings” but wanted to highlight the exercise in three card mix and match.
What say you?
I agree with the consensus that one needs at least three cards to put together an interpretation.
In this spread, I start the “alphabet” closest to the significator.
For each card I come up with about three to six key words. From them I form simple lines. Some combinations allow multiple interpretations and try to come up with as many as practical.
For example: In one reading where I merely asked what to expect for the next few days. I drew Ways + Stars + Scythe - Gentleman - Fish + Mountain + Ring.
Reading back from the Gentleman, I interpret “Loss of vision and direction”. Forward, “Financial challenges in partnership.”
This reading pretty much wraps up my feelings about my job.
As a further exercise, I may mix and match the orders of the cards to perhaps come up with a different interpretation. If I reverse the order (from the significator) of Ways + Stars + Scythe, I may come up with “Pathway and direction terminated (or decided)”. With Fish + Mountain + Ring reversed, I may come up with “Contractual obstacles in business”.
Typically, the order from the significator seems to be more relevant.
I may also take the two cards on each side of the significator and come up with a simple two-card combo interpretation. In this case Scythe + Fish = “Cuts (or decision) in business and finance. Reversed? In this case, even if one turned the keywords around in a sentence, the meaning appears to be nearly the same.
I suppose this post could go under “Readings” but wanted to highlight the exercise in three card mix and match.
What say you?