Ryver said:
"I am curious what decks you mean."
Fair question, I will give examples, but first a trip in my time machine. Lets go back about 3 years or so. Go into any Tarot convention in the US, pull out a deck of Lenormand cards, and most people (teachers, readers, students) would not know what they are. Since then the Tarot community has jumped on the Lenormand bandwagon with both feet, writing books, teaching for money, and producing decks.
Now, please remember that the modern Tarot community has for years decried "fortune telling", and "neon gypsies." They have wanted to portray themselves as "spiritual advisers", or "tarot counselors". They wanted to be therapists without the required training, education, and expense of going to school, getting a degree, and a license. So this same Tarot community that wants to be therapists (and who disdain fortune tellers), have attempted to co-opt the most obvious fortune telling deck in the world.......The Lenormand. Ironic isn't it?
Now for some examples: and...........I am not picking on the people mentioned. Since I own no modern Lenormand decks, I have to rely on the few online images that the deck creators provide.
1.Burning Serpent Deck by Pace/Pollack
The Flaming Tree
The Dead Tree
The Owl and Mouse
Girl+Boy
Book of Life
These cards are misnamed or contain mixed imagery.
Osiris
Isis
Extra Cards for extra confusion.
2.Enchanted Lenormand by Matthews/Lee
Crossing
Broom
These cards are misnamed
Diviner. Extra card for extra confusion.
3.Under the Roses by Hurteau/Hill
Locket
Journal
Clock Tower
Grave
These cards are misnamed.
So, In closing, I hope you can understand my message from the above descriptions.
And please remember............The Divine often speaks through the language of Symbols.
When you change the symbol you change the message.