How to read lenormand cards

LearnLenormand in Five MinutesThe most important thing to remember when you read a Lenormand card, is that the car...

Occasionally referred to as the “portrait spread" or the “box spread", it is the ultimate building block for any larger layout. It essentially consists of three lines of three lenormand cards but is oh so much more than that. It can be read in many different directions and offer more information than you'd ever expect from nine simple images.

When it comes to size and complexity of the reading, Lenormand offers possibly one of the greatest ranges out of all methods of cartomancy. From simple two or three-card layouts, all the way up to the 36-card Grand Tableau, the system is as versatile as you may wish it to be.

A beginners' guide to Lenormand, from the Hurricane Mystic - Little Red Tarot

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As we covered in previous articles, Lenormand is a system that taps into our deeply rooted intuitive potential. For it to fully work, there is another aspect of our mind that needs to incorporated into the equation. It is the same part of our brain that processes and helps us deal with language. Lenormand's keywords thus become the vocabulary of our vernacular and its rules the grammar.

The Grand Tableau is the daddy (mummy?) of Lenormand Readings and involves all 36 cards. It's a big and involved reading, very complex to do and can give you a huge amount of information about ANY aspect of the querent's life you want to explore. In terms of timeframe, we are looking pretty big-picture. Think