About positions in Lenormand card spreads...

Before beginning to describe each card, I want to bring your attention to the most important; the meaning of any card depends on the position of that card, on the surrounding cards, and on the subsequent cards in any sequence.

Position means the place of the card in a layout. The three primary positions are the PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE. In general, past is read on the left, present in the center and future on the right, but much depends on the specific layout. The further the location from the significator, the more distant the events occur in time.

Some of the layouts use a "significator", either the Man 28 (Ace of Hearts) , or the Woman 29 (Ace of Spades) from which the positions refer. There is a position above and below the significator. The above position is about what is in the requestor's head; thoughts, dreams, plans and everything that is thought about. The lower position refers to what is no longer important and has been "stepped over" by the requestor. What is no longer thought about, or is already forgotten.

The significator also falls into various positions within the layout; either uppper, lower, left or right, in the center or on the edge within the layout. (I will discuss this in another post).

The neighbor cards are those following or surrounding the significator card. Whereby the meaning of one card combines with all of the cards in the sequence to determine the meaning of the last card in the sequence --the last card has the most substance of all. Interpretation of card combinations adds 2 or 3 aspects, where each following aspect speaks about each sequential event.

For example: Ship + Clover + Bouquet. This means travel or trip which brings luck or an unexpected gift (all good cards).

And another example: Mountain + Scythe +Cross. This can mean obstacles and losses and dangerous situation (all bad cards).

An example where a bad card combine with good cards. Broom + Lily + Moon. This is a victory over a conflicting situation, with an honorable exit from the situation .

Each card has shades of meanings and each subtlety of meaning of combinations comes with experience. In time, your perception of how you read the cards transforms as well as your understanding of each card individually and collectively.

You can use any layout that you know, but practice them with the lenormand interpretations. For example the Tarot Celtic Cross, layed out with Lenormand cards and read according to the Lenormand method. So, in the beginning, work with the layouts you like, understand and are familiar to you.

My turn to learn

The card reading is an ancient science that can tell you about your physical world, and about actual events in your life, but have no information about what is happening with your soul...they can tell you about your conduct but not about the deepest processes inside you...this information can only come from you...

When we express bad emotions, we don't think about the consequences... We don't perceive the connection between visible and invisible. That which we see around us, we know exists, but that which we don't see, does exist and has an even greater affect on us.

For this reason, we need an understanding of the world in which we live, and to observe the rules of this world ...both seen and unseen...

Our fate depends on our immediate behavior...people themselves bring about their fate and they themselves can change their fate; when they change themselves.

Any loss or unpleasantness that occurs should stimulate us to think well about why this unpleasantness could possibly have happened.

In nature, there is always a balance and we may lose by disturbing it. The dangerous situation occurs when we overeact to knowledge and truth; fear and emotional responses to knowledge can be harmful.

There are so many causes that we don't pay attention to: insult someone, and we may be insulted by someone else. Yes, we can also do something kind for someone, but should we expect something good in return? In being kind, the main thing is to be happy to help and to be able to do good, yet not be proud of it!

All of this analyzing of situations in front of us is not enough...we need to peer inside our soul, and then, even the worst condition can teach us something and allow us to elevate ourselves.

...We shouldn't blame people, situations, nor ourselves because of what happens. These negative emotions can destroy us from the inside out. Remember, that all that happens, good or bad, is a lesson written specially for you about how, in some meaningful way, you and the sourrounding world have a common purpose...

...Many years ago, I appealed to a reader for help; it was not the first attempt to discover my future, but this time was very different. The tale she told about my life was short and only about my very near future, not my whole life. Yet all that I heard, seemed completely impossible and unrealistic to me. And her advice was simple..."Do something!...To acheive something!"

Of course I asked, as anyone who is unoriented and hopeless would ask, "Do what?" "I am lost!"... seeing my exasperated frunstration, she resorted to conveying her meaning through a few allegorical stories that were more easily understood by me.. Stories that gave me specific direction and ideas for me to carry out... and after the session, within a few days, I decided to act out a plan and I made an important choice in my life that led, in a few years, to all the occurences that seemed so impossible and unrealistic at the time...

You have cards, but how do you wield them?

My grandmother never let me touch her deck of cards!!... And when I set forth in the tradition, I also followed some simple rules of card handler:

First of all, the cards must be kept in safe and permanent place when not in use. I do not allow other people to touch the cards and risk leaving some of their individual energy. For this reason, a client shouldn't shuffle or be allowed to choose card from the deck. When they come with question, they are already concentrated on their problem and don't need more focus, they may be even overfocused... Rather, this is the time for me to focus.

After calmly listening to the postulant's question, I take up the cards and mix them in silence, many people talk and ask clarifying questions during this time, but no, it is essential to listen quietly and let them ask with their own intention and expression. Then, I can fully focus internally on the question while ruffling the cards. Another rule, "don't cross legs or arms!"

I use a burning candle during the session, for purification of gloom.

It is ok to use the same deck many times. In fact, you will develop a fellowship with them and the answers become more clear. But, God forbid you get angry at them or insult them in any way!

...these are some rules about wielding the cards, there are others, but they are family secrets...