Week in Review: Faerie Tarot

Eh, I'm fed up of Lenormands right now, let's look at something different today. How about a week in review using a tarot deck?

Faerie Tarot, Natalie Hertz, US Games 2008

Now, what a colorful deck, I really like this one. I trimmed some of the outer borders off the cards because I thought there was just too much distraction in their original form, and I quite like the effect. I haven't used this deck nearly as much as I ought to, it's actually really quite charming. 

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.