Lenormand gives me a to do list

ASS Lenormand, Konigsfurt-Urania 

Today's draw reminds me that I have received payment for a reading and it absolutely must be done today. The Key is striking me like a string tied around a finger -- a reminder to do something very important.

Message received!

It HAS been a rather fraught week for me, it's unusual that there's a delay between an order and fulfillment. I was curious, so I looked at the next two cards in the deck that would have made a line of 5: Fox and Ring. Yes, it definitely is wrong not to get that done TODAY, because I have a contract with this person.

Message received and noted!

I know what I'm doing today straight after work, then. :D

I didn't get the job - but I learned a valuable lesson as a reader

And I have a confession to make. First, even though I did ask the question of the cards this morning as posted, as soon as I saw the cards, I thought to myself -- I'm not going to get this job. The Mice destroy the Anchor. But I didn't read them that way here because 1) it didn't actually answer the question and 2) I've been called out for reading negative cards negatively. So I tried to stick to the question and make the cards positive when they were not.

Same with the blessing. When I calculated that number to 29, my first instinct, because it was a significator, was to reduce it to 11. But that fell on Rod, and I didn't like the sound of that, even for a blessing. So I left it at 29 and came up with a lame blessing.

And a final confession: I did a yes-no reading for Will I get this job? I drew a Heart, a Spade and Club. (Can't recall cards now, but as you read by suit for yes-no anyway, doesn't matter). That is a Yes, Maybe No, and a No. Reading them by suit, the yes is for my enthusiasm, the maybe no is for weak showing with regard to authority and stabilizing effect, the no is for dealing with difficult or complex challenges. I did not post this reading. I didn't want to 'jinx' myself. But when you look at them, this draw confirms a negative reading of the first three cards I pulled, Fish + Anchor + Mice.

So what have I learned from this? Stop playing games with myself and read the cards. Read what they say, 'even if your voice shakes', as the Facebook meme always says. Let this be a lesson to me. No sugar coating, ever. Either read the cards as I really see them, or get a book of uplifting sayings and just open it and point.

Today's the day

What do I need to do to be successful at today's interview?

Wings of Change Lenormand, Chloe McCracken 2015

Fish + Anchor + Mice
I should show my flexibility (ability to 'go with the flow'), and that I can provide a firm foundation or stability in times of trouble. They need someone who can think on their feet and also be a voice of reason in the midst of constant niggling hiccups.


Will I enjoy this job? 

Wings of Change Lenormand, Chloe McCracken 2015

Stork + Paths + Dog

The job would involve moving house, going in a new direction, and making new friends. All good things. All good cards. Three red cards (Hearts, Diamonds, Hearts) are a Yes, Maybe Yes, Yes...Based on the character of each suit, I would enjoy the change in domestic situation, and might also enjoy the energy of working in this new place. 

And my blessing for the day:

13 + 9 + 7 = 29

Today, may I recognise and honour my feminine traits of sensitivity and intuition. 

Lenormand Daily Draw: Wonderful counselor

Midnight Madness Lenormand, Bridgett Trejo 2014 

My draw today from Bridgett Trejo's Midnight Madness Lenormand is Snake + Sun + Clouds. Complications melt away and the unclear becomes clear. Maybe not crystal clear, but things are looking up.

This could apply to many areas, of course. It remains to be seen today what winding path I gain some clarity on. I'll check back in this evening with an update.

Trejo, 2014 

My blessing for the day:

12 (Queen) + 1 + 13 (King) = 26 Book

Through study and reflection, may what lies hidden be revealed to me today.

Lenormand Study: A blessing

Celtic Lenormand, US Games 2014, McCracken (art by Worthington)

Today I've drawn Child + Ship + Woman. Interestingly, the child is also playing with a ship! A promise of new prosperity for me.

Of course the first thing that comes to mind is the first thing that came to mind when I woke up this morning: I have an interview on Wednesday! I need to prepare for it. I need to practice my 10-minute presentation (10 minutes isn't nearly long enough! It's not padding but reining it in that I have to work on).

Celtic Lenormand

If I use Caitlin Matthews' method of creating a blessing from this draw, I add together the pips (not card number) to reach a card number for a blessing:

11 (Jack) + 10 + 1 = 22.

May I make choices today that will take me down the path that leads to my greatest good.

Daily Draw with more distant echoes

Esmeralda Lenormand, Karla Souza

My daily draw for today is Fish + Child + Storks. There are two cards here that deal with change or fresh starts. I can think of two contexts in which to apply these cards.

My son has had some domestic issues, so Fish + Child + Storks could be his receiving his settlement and moving house. I doubt that would happen today, but maybe he will get some word about the money in any case. Or maybe he will just spend some time thinking about it today and tell me about it when we chat on Skype today.

The other is regarding my job interview. I may be thinking today about the financial implications of a new beginning and a move to a new place. It's possible that, as this would be more or less a lateral move as far as salary goes, I might be financially worse off. If I see the Child as the pivot point of the spread, the issue of a new start, then I would be weighing in the balance the value of money (or lack of it) vs the value of a new place to work and live. The Child does seem to be swinging toward the change, though.

Interestingly, the Storks card has a little notation climbing up the right side of it that says: February / Thursday. As the interview is next Wednesday, I will probably know by Thursday if they even offer me the job. And who knows, perhaps February points to when my son might be making his move.

Lenormand Daily Draw: Work work

Blaue Eule Lenormand, Konigsfurt Urania

Today's draw shows me that I will be most concerned with working on my presentation for next week's job interview, and thinking about how it will affect me long term.

I may also be focused on 'institutional' aspects of my work, such as the service plan, mission statement, and other policies.

Will update tonight!

ETA --
Update: I spent most of my free time today working on my presentation for next week. So spot on.

Daily Draw = Two extremes!

ASS Lenormand, Konigsfurt-Urania 

A quick daily draw. Working today. In my capacity as supervisor/manager (currently deputizing for manager as she is on annual leave), I will experience success and trouble. There are two main tasks I need to accomplish today. I see this as saying one will go well and the other maybe not so well. Sehr interessant.

This could also mean that in my role today I will feel very positive and also quite confused.

I might receive positive and negative feedback from a female supervisor who is the person I'm meant to refer any problems to. And in fact it could be that I speak to her about something both good and bad.

Certainly the draw seems work related, and shows a variable day, but it is a daily draw, and so whatever happens will almost certainly not be as dramatic as this draw first appears.

I'll update you tonight.

ETA -- Update
The Bear (me) did try to be sunny today, but it was received with gloom. I felt hopeful, then felt confused and defeated. But then later in the day I went to a different work base and enjoyed my time with an older work colleague, so now I can also see 'Cheerful older woman dispels gloom.'  All of these things came to pass, so I can say that this draw did reflect the reality of my day.

Lenormand Triplet: Daily Draw

This week I'm finally turning back to the Lenormand oracle. I've been reading Caitlyn Matthews' book The Complete Lenormand Oracle Handbook: Reading the Language and Symbols of the Cards (Destiny Books, 2014). In my opinion, it is the best book in English on Lenormand. I recommend it, and will write a review as soon as I've finished reading it. This time I am reading it straight through rather than just dipping in and out.

I thought I'd do a draw for the day:

Esmeralda Lenormand by Karla Souza (self-published, date not listed)

This triplet could be suggesting a variety of messages. The Moon is the work card in my Lenormand reading style, and I'm happy to see that Matthews uses this card for work as well. It can also mean recognition or accolades for work produced. Matthews recommends paying attention to the way the blade is facing on the Scythe card. I personally sometimes read a reversed Scythe position as a harvest or drawing in. Yes, the harvest is the result of some sort of sacrifice, effort, etc, but it's reaping of something. I thought this was my own idiosyncratic reading, but it's in Matthews' book, so that, too, is edifying. (See below for examples).

Literally, the cards are: Sudden cutting down + work or awards + stability. So you might read them as:

There will be a sudden end of stability at work.
Something will suddenly change at work, ending your feelings of stability.

On the other hand, if we notice that the cutting edge of the Scythe faces away from the Moon, we might read them as:

There will be a harvest of stability at work today.
You will unexpectedly receive praise for your reliable work.

It might even be a warning or a reminder:

Be careful not to cut down work stability (through your actions) today.
Remember to give sudden and unexpected praise to others for doing a good job. (You will also then reap the rewards of a staff who feel more secure and validated.)

For myself, yesterday I actually asked a senior member of staff if she had time today to do some mentoring with me about an issue at work. So I am seeing it as 'There will be a harvest of stability (or good reliable work advice) today.'  But any of the other messages might also prove valid. We'll just have to wait and see.

Lenormand Monthly Forecast - October

Malkiel Rouven Dietrich offers a monthly Lenormand forecast method here:

I decided to try this and drew cards for the month of October from my freshly trimmed Lenormand Oracle (LoScarabeo). There are five rows, one row per week. Some days have an extra card. These are the leftover cards that were added after completing the month, which I wanted more information on.

Lenormand Journal 2.0 -- Day 4

What will I find out today that I didn't know before? (Postmark Lenormand, Melissa Hill 2011)

Postmark Lenormand, 2011

Ring + Stork + Clouds

AM (6.07 )
Key themes: a promise of change causes confusion; travel commitments become muddled
Prediction: To be honest, I am not sure at all what these cards predict. A promise, a commitment...a promise or commitment that changes...confusion about a promise or commitment changes. Uncertain focus about a commitment to change. Confusion about contract changes. Confusion about renegotiation. Grrrr! Thought just popped in my head...I did just send out an email to a customer, and we are working on settling on her reading topic, spread and so forth...so maybe that could be the negotiating of a 'contract'? Could be.



PM ( 16.49)
Accuracy: Medium
What happened in relation to the cards: Yesterday I made a valiant attempt to start a new project, thwarted at many turns, but I did not give up. This morning, I got right back into it first thing. So I guess that might be what this was a reference to. There was definitely some confusion going on there!
Observations: Remember that oracles don't watch the clock, especially if you don't specifically ask them to, so what they refer to may spill over from the past as well as edging into the future.

Lenormand Journal 2.0 -- Day 3

What will be the highlight of my day? (Titania's Fortune Cards, Quadrille 2000)

Titania's Fortune, 2000

Stork + Letter + Path

AM ( 6.15 )
Key themes: message involving change
Prediction: Both Stork and Path can have to do with change, travel, routes, etc; and Letter is about communication. I also associate with Stork with pregnancy and birth, both literal and metaphorical, and Path with life's journey in addition to literal travel and mundane routine. Today gives birth to a means of communication involving one's path. I am almost certain I know what this refers to, something I've been thinking about lately, a new project. Will today be the day I start it?

PM ( 20.50 )
Accuracy: High
What happened in relation to the cards: I did start my new project today -- twice! I spent hours on it, then had to do it all over again. So THAT'S why there's a long road in this draw. I'm knackered.
Observations: Remember that Path can mean a LONG journey. A long, long testing journey. ('Are we there yet???')

Lenormand Journal 2.0 -- Day 2

What should I look out for today during work? (Mystical Lenormand, AG Muller 2005)

Mystical Lenormand, 2005

Fish + Mountain + Cross

AM ( 6.00 )
Key themes: serious money blockage, a giant obstacle to overcome with regard to money
Prediction: There are many forms this could take, but as it's work related there are probably only a few that apply. The safe will be locked and we can't get in it, or the money will have been stolen over the weekend, or there will be a big discrepancy in the balance. I don't think it will have much to do with actual customers, but will a problem staff side. Maybe the person scheduled to do the money will not turn up today and it won't get done, leading to bigger problems later in the week. (I've also read that for daily draws one should choose the most mundane, lowest level interpretations, so I would expect the disruption to be minor. Also, am meant to seek references to the weather, and the Fish reminds me of water, so perhaps it will rain all day, which might or might not cause problems of some kind??)

PM ( 21.54  )
Accuracy: Medium
What happened in relation to the cards: It is true that the money couldn't be done today. But nothing else could be done either. The entire network was down, so no PCs, no printing, no access to management systems, or anything else. Now if we look at the Fish card in its more general meaning of business rather than the more specific meaning of money, the cards make more sense.
Observations: It might be a good idea to watch for the Fish card to see if it turns out to be business in general...this was an interesting draw. But a very loooong day.

Lenormand Journal 2.0 -- Day 1

Pixie's Astounding Lenormand Cards, Edmund Zebrowski, 2012

Last October, I did a series of posts experimenting with using the Lenormand Oracle for predictive readings in daily draws. That's eight months ago, and it seems like I ought to revisit the Lenormand for a refresher.  One thing that's got me thinking about Lenormand lately is this post from LeFanu's Curious Cabinet, in which he laments that one can no longer learn cards with 'just me and my books and decks, nobody correcting me, propelled forward by my own thirst and good old-fashioned study.' He says, 'You’d think that with all the information out there things have never been better and yet it all looks set to accelerate into gobbledegook.  But why does it feel harder to learn Lenormand now than it ever did? Partly there is so much to have to bookmark and not get round to reading. There is so much to put into “favourites” and then never look at again.  So many online courses to print off, bind beautifully and put on the bookshelf.  There are so many systems to set off against each other; French? Dutch? Peruvian? Pose a question out there – what does my bonsai think of me? – then post a three card spread and you will get a plethora of interpretations that won’t help you in the slightest because there are as many interpretations of Lenormand cards as there are people reading them. A daunting thought.'  To which I say, why should this thought be daunting? Surely it should be the most freeing thing you can realize.

Lenormand Quick Draw

Postmark Lenormand, Melissa Hill

Today's draw from the Postmark Lenormand showed 'a message about money and work'. I then opened my email to find an email from a customer about payment through Paypal. So that was 100% accurate!

I wonder if this reading will continue through the day or if that was it.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side...

Lenormand Oracle Cards, LoScarabeo

A 5-card draw for today. This combination of cards suggests that stability in my community comes from positive attitude to change. Wow, that sounds like a phrase from a CV. In other words, it appears to be telling me, for a stable, happy experience at work today, have a positive attitude toward change coming from on high. Not easy, but I suppose it makes for a smoother day and a happier life in general both for me and those around me.

The cards play off each other. For me, Anchor stands for stability, Garden for community, groups, the public, etc. The Tower is always authorities, bosses, institutions. Rarely, it can mean isolation. The Stork represents change, new beginnings. Its associations with birth seem pretty obvious.  Then of course the Sun is all about positivity, good vibes, good outcomes, a sunny disposition, a positive spin, and all that sort of thing. Strung together, they give me the message for what will be most useful for me today. There's no use complaining of the changes on the way, so I might as well look for the positive.

Okay. 'My hands are small, I know, but they're my own', as Jewel has been warbling to me this morning. Let's go forth into the world and be sunny.

Lenormand Daily Draw

Titania's Fortune Cards

Literal meanings: 'Travelling children at work.' Well, that isn't the half of it! Today between 9.30 and 2.15, there will be 6 groups of school kids visiting the library.

This draw didn't tell me much so I drew another:

Clouds: confusion. Yeah, I bet! There will be Rhyme Time sessions (for 0-2 yr olds) going on at the same time that primary school classes are in. The timings of the visits are too close together. (The powers that be have booked them back to back, forgetting, I suppose, that assembling, taking off coats, seating, getting attention, then closing, getting ready to go, queuing up and leaving all take time. What do they care? They are  not going to be there.)

Confusion as an outcome card is not a surprise either. So let's ask, 'What can I do to help the situation run smoothly?'

Garden. Right--send them all outside. Ha! No, okay. I see this as asking for help amongst my 'network', and perhaps just having fun with it and not worrying about it (or seeming to, anyway). If I don't make it seem like a problem that things are running amok, then they probably won't get too upset about whatever confusion happens. So...'Act like you're having fun.' ;)

Another day of going forth to give an Academy Award winning performance! 

ETA: I'm back from work. The day was pandemonium, but everything turned out all right in the end. And that's the last of the class visits for this year's October festival! :D

Something clever and new: Lenormand Daily Draw

What is happening to me today?

LoScarabeo Lenormand Oracle

AM 7.22
Key theme: learning, education, secrets
Prediction: 1) I will learn something clever that I can pass up to someone higher. 2) A sneaky secret will be revealed that I feel must be shared upward.

PM 21.43
Accuracy: Low
What happened in relation to the cards: There were several interesting things that could literally fulfill these cards. The first thing I did was quickly timetable the reading list for a book group and send it to central office. Then a junior member of staff came to me to let me know she had taken initiative to weed/tidy the fiction section. A few other things caught my attention during the day, but now I can't remember them all. The upshot is, though, even though the cards played out literally, I'm still not sure how I could have seen it in them ahead of time.

These trial and error attempts are probably pretty boring. I'll only throw them into this blog occasionally. :)

Lenormand Draw: French Cartomancy (Work spat)

This one surprised me with how quick it happened.

French Cartomancy, LoScarabeo 

AM:  6.30
Key card: House
Prediction: An argument at home, about work.

Puzzling. Why would we argue about work? I frowned at the cards and left them lying in front of the PC.

Accuracy: HIGH
What happened in relation to the cards: Then at 7.40ish AM, I'm in the kitchen making my lunch. Hubby comes in, rumbling through fridge, muttering about buying a salad. We have minor sharp words about why he waits until he's walking out the door to even start looking for something. I end up giving him half what I'm making for myself. He leaves the room and it dawns on me, whoa! We just had the argument. So I have to run to the loo and wait for him to come out to show him the cards and tell him our spat was predicted. Ha ha Now he's gone, I've got 20 minutes before I have to go, but needed to throw this up here to share.
Observation: It seems to me the more you overthink the cards, the less accurate they are. Just go with what it literally seems to be saying to you right off the bat.

Square of 9: Postmark (When mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy)

I've been so tired lately. I don't mean just tired, I mean feeling like my limbs are weighed down, and my eyes are burning, and when I do start to fall asleep, it feels like I'm sinking down underwater, and when I wake up, I am still tired. My diet has not been optimal lately and I have lacked the will to do any kind of exercise. So I thought I'd do a draw to see what might be going on:

Postmark Lenormand, Melissa Hill

I selected Tree as my health significator. I read a square of nine by starting with Card 1 as the Key Theme. Then I read 1+9, 3+7, 2+4+6+8.

I suppose one source of my tiredness could be isolation. The Garden suggests I need to break out of a rut, do something new. Hopefully my trip to London this weekend will help wake me up. Then reading the other combinations, I see a suggestion of socializing with other women of my age. The Cross/Man combo shows that this issue is worrying my husband. And the final combo suggests that I do some reading about a cloudy sexual health issue -- I bet this is a menopausal symptom. Time to visit the women's health section of the library.

(I've been thinking about the Fox from those previous draws. The Fox, for me, could represent overthinking. 'Outfoxing' myself. It's worth remembering.)

I also drew a goddess card from the Goddess Oracle by Marashinsky and Janto: Oya. She is the goddess of Change, and the companion book says:

'Have you been too busy, too stressed, to attend to the changes needed in your life to nurture yourself? Is change so fearful a concept that you push it aside, play hide-and-seek with it, or just ignore it? Have you arranged your life so perfectly that you have no room left for potential? Time for change. Perhaps you are in the midst of the Change (menopause) and arehaving trouble accepting it. Resistance to change brings more persistent change. Choosing to dance with change means you will flow with it.'

Some of that applies to my situation. I'm just not sure what the advice to 'enter deeply into change's chaotic dance' actually means. I just know I feel weary at the very thought of 'chaotic dancing'. Even the whirls of Oya's robe just make me think of snuggling up in a fuzzy blanket.