This PPT talk and presentation is now available as an online recording or a DVD. It’s excellent for those who are wondering what all the excitement is about regarding the Lenormand cards. Additionally, it goes into the surprising history and origins of the deck. It demonstrates several ways of reading the cards, with an exciting example of how a Grand Tableau spread saved me from a major travel disaster that would have cost thousands of dollars and no end of troubles. Purchase info at Global Spiritual Studies.
Fashion is constantly changing But as long as the world exists The Gypsy with an old pack of cards Will have at least one client… Someone longing for bizarre miracles Will knock on her door And she will lay out in front of him Those noble kings of hers… What can I say? What can I say? All humans are just like this – They want to know, want to know Want to know the future What can I say? What can I say? All humans are just like this – They want to know, want to know Want to know the future
Card-reading can foretell happiness Or an unexpected blow of fate Imprisonment and a long journey Or everlasting faithful love… Old cards will spread out like a fan On a shawl decorated with fringe And suddenly the Gypsy herself Will believe her noble kings… What can I say? What can I say? All humans are just like this – They want to know, want to know Want to know the future What can I say? What can I say? All humans are just like this – They want to know, want to know Want to know the future.
Time destroys granite castles And covers towns with sand But years don’t mean anything For those cards in the Gypsy’s hands… The heart melts as the fortune-teller speaks And at all the crossroads of the world The noble kings are telling lies With the same expression on their faces… What can I say? What can I say? All humans are just like this – They want to know, want to know Want to know the future What can I say? What can I say? All humans are just like this – They want to know, want to know Want to know the future.
I’m happy to announce that I will be presenting, in webinar format, my recent slide-show on the Petit Lenormand Deck. It was showcased at the latest San Francisco Bay Area Tarot Symposium to great acclaim. Of course a few things will change (to make it even better), and I’ll have more time to explain the concepts shown. Here’s the description:
Webinar with Mary K. Greer
“Introduction to the Petit Lenormand Deck”
Discover the 36-card Lenormand deck via this 64-slide visual feast covering the history, variety of decks and a brief overview of reading methods and traditions. What’s so special about the Lenormand deck? Where did it come from? What does Mlle. Lenormand have to do with it? How is this deck different than or similar to Tarot? What can it do for me and how do I read with it? Learn how the Lenormand cards clued me into something that saved a trip from certain disaster. Discover what the hoopla is all about and get a look at these 212+ year old cards that have exploded onto the divinatory scene in the last three years. Join me in exploring one of the most practical and precise divinatory tools in existence.
In the meantime, here are some great online resources.
I recommend the series of youtube videos by Claire (from Germany but in English) that introduce each of the cards. While each country has its own variations there are still enough commonalities that share core meanings, and Claire is good at presenting these (click on the youtube link).
Additional Resources
I also recommend the list of basic Lenormand card meanings found at Helen Riding’s blog, MyWingsofDesire. And don’t miss out on her other great Lenormand pages and the links on her site.
Donnaleigh de LaRose has a whole page of media-based Lenormand Lessonsfrom her blogtalk “BeyondWorlds” radio shows with Rana George and Melissa Hill, as well as her own youtube videos.
Here’s an interesting video on different methods of fortune-telling found today in Taiwan. The bird technique is found all over the world and is sometimes used with tarot or cartomancy decks in which case the bird picks the cards.
Mary K. Greer has made tarot her life work. Check here for reports of goings-on in the world of tarot and cartomancy, articles on the history and practice of tarot, and materials on other cartomancy decks. Sorry, I no longer write reviews. Contact me HERE.
Mary K. Greer has made tarot her life work. Check here for reports of goings-on in the world of tarot and cartomancy, articles on the history and practice of tarot, and materials on other cartomancy decks. Sorry, I no longer write reviews. Contact me
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