Lenormand has a curious history, but we are pretty sure that a couple of decks are the oldest known to be the Lenormand Petit Jeu.

The Red Owl deck is one of two such traditional Lenormand decks. We say ‘traditional’ because they are the older versions - as far as we know - of the 36-card Petit Jeu...

I like to call our ability to stretch our reading skills, the interpretive imagination.

I don’t mean by this that we invent messages that aren’t there, but rather that we’re able to grasp deeper insights from the cards so we get genuinely helpful answers to our questions.

The interpretive imaginat...

Don’t you wish you had a side hustle during this pandemic?

There is no doubt that this pandemic shook our grounds and pulled many carpets from under our feet.

If you’re one of the lucky few who was untouched by all this, then good for you. 

But in all likelihood, the pandemic has restricted you a...

Of the many facets that we’ve dealt with through the Covid pandemic, working from home has emerged as a key lifestyle change.

For those who aren’t used to it, it proved to be a challenge. But only at first, I think, as with the technologies of the day we can quickly adapt to online communication. A...

These are truly strange times.

The corona virus has practically the whole world locked down. 

Not only are many of us confined to our homes with little leeway to go out, but the world economy is on a standstill and emergency measures are being taken just about everywhere

I have my own thoughts ab...

The one thing that we immediately associate with Lenormand is the Grand Tableau. This isn’t surprising because reading this 36-card layout is pretty much the pinnacle of the practice.

“Tableau” means “portrait” in French, and “Grand Tableau” means “big portrait”.

It’s large and intimidating not on...

Anyone who has used a Lenormand deck or examined one knows that its cards are ordered by their number, starting with the Rider as card 1 and ending with the Cross as card 36.

I always found it tricky to memorize Lenormand’s card numbers. It’s even tricky to look them up in a guidebook!

That’s beca...

Most of us come to Lenormand because of its amazing ‘in-your-face’ insights. But sooner or later, and the more we practice, we’ll get those readings that seem to not say much.

There’s actually a word for this Lenormand phenomenon and we can thank Caitlin Matthews for it and her many contributions t...

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Hello and welcome back to the channel. If you're new here I'm Layla, the Lenormand Reader and you want to tune in because we do all sorts of wonderful readings using the amazing Lenormand deck.

Now, in this video, I want to tell you about what I have in mind for our...

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Hi everyone!  Welcome back to the channel.

Today I want to do this long due video about my Lenormand cards, and I want to say, before I start anything: Thank you so much Pauline, and thank you so much Jojuan for pointing me to these cards. Jojuan you sent me a link ...

After just a short while exploring Lenormand’s cards, it becomes clear that they can be broadly divided into positive, negative, and neutral cards.

This is one reason why it’s easy to learn Lenormand and why we quickly make a connection with the cards.

Interpreting cards as positive, negative, or ...

If you’ve been building your practice and exploring card triplets and beyond, you might have gotten a sense that the middle card of a line can bring out something important, anchor the reading, or demarcates the line in some way.

That’s why simple line layouts often have an odd number of cards. 

S...