Although Madamoiselle Lenormand was famous (and infamous) in her time, many things about her life are shrouded in mystery. A number of biographies have been written but it is not certain whether they are reliable. She is mentioned in historical works about other “celebrities” of her time in which “The Sibyl of Paris” is either applauded or reviled. Mlle lenormand has also written a number of books herself, (of which only a few have been translated into English) and which unfortunately are not about her divination methods but, among other things, about the life and secrets of her famous clients… uhum… we will discuss ethics later.
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Lenormand is a collective name for fortune-telling cards published in 1845 (The ‘Big’ Lenormand, France) and 1846 (The small Lenormand, Germany) respectively. The cards have nothing to do with the famous French fortune teller Madamoiselle Lenormand; The name has been used as a marketing tool. The big Lenormand consists of 54 cards, the small Lenormand of 36 cards. The small Lenormand (Le Petit le Lenormand) is the best known and is the most used fortune telling deck after the Tarot.
Lenormand: To leave the Key on the Coffin
The Petit Lenormand course has started again and that means a new group of students practising and studying the meanings and combinations of these funny and practical divination cards. Although the basic meanings are fairly easy to learn, there are of course all kinds of peculiarities to the various combinations of cards. It’s fun to see where these special meanings come from. A good example is the situation in which – in a spread – the key ends up directly above the coffin; In this situation, I will look in the direction of financial setbacks, poverty, having little money or having debts. What is behind this?
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