Friday, 17 July 2015

What are Lenormand Cards?

Lenormand I believe are actually a formalized deck rather than being random like Gypsy cards.  They usually a set of 36 card deck which have both a picture and playing card insert somewhere on each card, although the Mystical Lenormand put out by U.S. Games do not which is unusual.  If you wish to have a look at what this particular deck looks like here is a direct link to some of them -  http://www.usgamesinc.com/Mystical-Lenormand/



In a way they are formalized gypsy cards usually with a playing card insert except Lenormand usually runs to a strict pattern below:
RIDER
KEY
CROSS

Whether or not the cards are good depends on what is in front of each other and behind it – they are usually read in groups of either two or three together.

I have an additional two Lenormand deck which besides having the above cards have some additional extras.  My second deck which I purchase direct from the artist Ciro Marchetti.  The playing card insert on these is very small and sits in the right hand corner of each card.  I only take note of the playing card on them when it is the Outcome Card to a particular question during a reading.  This deck is called Gilded Reverie Lenormand.  Website link if you wish to see a few is: http://www.usgamesinc.com/Gilded-Reverie-Lenormand
The additional cards in his deck are:  Dice, Clocks, Mask and Bridges.


My third deck again I purchased over the internet direct from the artist named Shades of Pink Lenormand deck coming from I believe Canada – Artist name is Lynn.  This is an unusually large deck as it has 4 ladies; 4 men; 2 raiders (one being a lady); 2 children – one boy one girl along with some extras that one would normally find in a Gypsy Card Deck.  Her extras are; YES, NO, CATS, PURSE, SEXUAL DESIRE, CLOCK.   Unfortunately Lynn has since decided to close shop and I am very fortune in getting a deck from her before this happened.

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