I am excited to share the interpretation of the French Cartomancy Lenormand in a 9 card layout with you. The reason for my excitement is that a few members of the Lenormand Cards Community Facebook page offered their insights.
The layout below comes from a request in the comments section from Chris.
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Dear SeaQueen… thank you for your reply!my layout turned out like this…34 (fish) – 28(gentleman) – 21 (mountain) – 10 (scythe)8 (coffin) – 29 (lady) – 24 (heart) – 30 (lilies)31(sun) – 11 (whip and broom) – 7 (snake) – 2 (clover)the time frame I have set for this reading is APRIL TO MY BIRTHDAY (MID JULY)……
I thank you from the heart and in advance for your time…E.
Simple Trigger Layout
Reading interpretation for Female E. using the French Cartomancy deck. The featured spread is the Simple Trigger layout.
TRIGGER ROW: COFFIN. LADY. HEART. LILY.
Female E. is represented by the LADY. In the past column we find the COFFIN suggesting some sort of ending or new direction involving a male -FISH. The past column does show optimism regarding this new direction which is depicted by the SUN card.
In the now column the GENTLEMAN is directly above the LADY. This means the male is very much on her mind. She is thinking about him quite profoundly. He in turn is worried about money (FISH) and some challenges (MOUNTAIN) which are before him. Beneath the LADY lies the WHIP card. This card foretells some disagreement coming or lack of clarity in communication.
Directly in front of the LADY is the HEART card falling in the immediate column. The female is looking right at this card. Her emotions are tied with this male (GENTLEMAN) and she will be a little suspicious (SNAKE) in the near future. The obstacles suggested by the MOUNTAIN card will be in the relationship (HEART). The female feels something is not right (SNAKE). It could be another female (SNAKE) involved.
By the time Female E’s birthday rolls around this situation should be resolved. The LILY card promises that harmony will be restored. The SCYTHE in the soon column suggests the aggravations of the MOUNTAIN card will cease. The CLOVER depicts a fast solution.
The overall important card in the Trigger Layout is the LILY card. It is positive. The Layout ends in the CLOVER card which suggests whatever dilemma is going on now it should be concluded before Female E’s birthday.
What do the Lenormand cards reveal?
I am going to briefly interpret the 20 Lenormand cards belonging to a full board (36) reading.
The GENTLEMAN card is the significant other of the female LADY of this reading. Here we can see that he may be keeping secrets BOOK from her regarding a possible health issue TREE. It looks like he may have gotten some news LETTER in the recent past which requires some further investigation or solutions KEY. I want to read ANCHOR as something which is rooted TREE in his past and which could also involve a female STORK Queen of Hearts friend DOG.
The LADY represents the female getting the reading. The BOOK card touches both the LADY and GENTLEMAN cards and means there is something hidden from the lady which involves the male. As you can see the dark CLOUDS are ahead of her in the immediate future column. The King of Clubs is looking towards the LADY card and I want to read this as an imminent situation coming up. The RIDER is bringing some news or circumstance into the LADY’s life real soon. Maybe even within the next few days. I can’t help but think the GENTLEMAN has a strong association with this.
Is the RIDER bringing news of grief BIRDS and undue hardship CROSS? Will there be a sudden SCYTHE turn of events from a situation which was not revealed BOOK to the female?
Let’s look at the HEART card next. This card will reveal the female’s emotional situation. It looks like there will be a fated event CROSS affecting her emotions HEART which will cause her much unbalance WHIP at the beginning of this circumstance. Changes STORK are coming which could end up in a huge argument WHIP. The LILY card hints at a romantic connection which will as a result end up in a decision PATH of which way to go after this episode is brought into the open.
When the BEAR card is near the HEART it does suggest a powerful attraction. Another way to read BEAR is as a person, an older man. Many Lenormand card Readers use the HEART card to actually represent the physical heart. If you look back in the same row you can see the TREE card which does suggest health to a certain degree. For the most part ANCHOR is positive, however, it can also mean something which will not go away like a disease.
I have a gut feeling the GENTLEMAN has a health issue TREE and the extent of it is not fully known BOOK.
Let’s examine the SCYTHE card next. We all know this card can be very negative when connected to BIRDS, CLOUDS and CROSS. The only way we can read these cards in a positive way is to determine if the abrupt chaotic situation is beneficial in the long run. Short term pain long term gain.
There is no doubt in my mind the female represented by the LADY is in for quite a disturbing time over the next few weeks or months.
Those are just a few possible predictions. The cards reveal much more when you criss cross them or read just the rows or columns. Each card is a word of a sentence. When you establish the sentence you have a theme or probable prediction.
Every once in awhile I like to review my own posts from years ago. I revisited the Lenormand WHIP card a few days ago as it kept coming up in close proximity to the DOG card. I wrote a post last year using the Mystical Lenormand which can be viewed below and wanted to add a few more thoughts on the card.
The man in the image has a big club and a whip. The client’s experience is like getting an emotional beating from the news she just received. You will notice several religious symbols in the background suggesting faith is under scrutiny. I think this card is portrayed in a rather spooky manner with the bat flying by. There are many wonderful symbols you can study in this card. It is a very emotional depiction. Probably the client feels like someone just dropped a bomb on her. The Whip card is all about being forced or coerced into a situation. It suggests being ticked off and ready to fight or argue.
Looking closer at the image I get the sense the person who is represented by the DOG card could suffer from a martyr complex by being loyal to a situation which is emotionally detrimental to them. Part of this could be from religious beliefs.
When there is self hatred or low self esteem involved the external circumstances will reinforce this. The expression, “beating oneself up” is rooted in guilt and I think this is a form of self punishment.
WHIP
In the image the male does hold a whip in his left hand but it appears as if he could be whipping himself.
DOG
