Category Archives: cards

On Learning

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

I have been thinking a lot recently about the subject of learning Lenormand.  This came about after having read a book that was supposed to help me become a better card reader and which resulted in me feeling hopelessly confused and … Continue reading →

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The Romantic Russian Lenormands

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

I love these decks. I didn’t realise quite how much I loved them until I recently received the final installment, the twin-set Lilac & Cherry Twilight Lenormands and was able to think of them – with their predecessors – as … Continue reading →

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A Different Dondorf

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

On the second Saturday of the month there is an antique market down the main avenue where my office is and from my window (if I’m lucky enough to be working on a Saturday) I can see the stallholders setting … Continue reading →

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The Vintage Lenormand

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

How times have changed. The New Age mantras of self-help and inner healing part like seas to usher in a new tendency in cartomancy. Well, maybe not new (though there is much in it that is new), more full circle, reinterpreted perhaps. And … Continue reading →

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Vive La Lenormand Revolution!

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

As one who has long felt they can channel – at whim – Maria Antoinette in her finest hours, the Lenormand Revolution deck by Carrie Paris & Roz Foster immediately perked my interest. I felt my metre-high powdered wig totter with excitement and was … Continue reading →

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A Lilac Dondorf

Posted on October 14, 2012 by

I have been silent here of late. I would like to say that I have been speechless, in a swoon, stretched out on my chaise longue unable to deal with daily life, struck down with the beauty of my latest acquisition. However, … Continue reading →

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The Game of Hope; The Original Lenormand

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Forty-four days after paying priority mail for this infamous deck, it arrived. All part of the ongoing saga of the (doomed? cursed?) Gamecrafter Game of Hope “Original” Lenormand deck. It all started off so romantically, so sweetly. So let’s get facts out … Continue reading →

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Using Cards to Choose Lottery Numbers

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

This was a subject that came up last week and got me thinking (from the rarified spiritual musings of the Ironwing last week to this week’s How to Win Big Bucks!) Somebody was asking if there was a tried and tested method … Continue reading →

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A Brazilian Lenormand

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

I have a soft spot for Brazilian Lenormands. I wish I had started buying them sooner and in larger quantities as I cannot always vouch for the durability of their cardstock. But there is something rough and unadorned about them, … Continue reading →

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Favourite decks; Part VI

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Storytelling decks. Everyone should have one. That’s what we keep being told in companion books; or rather, we should all be able to read decks in a storytelling way. I see this more and more in tarot literature nowadays; you shuffle … Continue reading →

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