Gravenchase Lenormand
Fifty-one card Lenormand reviving traditional divination with gothic contemporary aesthetics.
by Lynyrd-Jym Narciso · Self Published 2017 Deck Type: Oracle Deck Cards: 51 Card Size : 2.24 x 3.54 in. = 5.70cm x 9.00cm Rating: stars out of five Where to · 2017
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The record
For decades (centuries, even) interest in tarot has been on the rise, while Lenormand decks have been languishing as a sort of lost branch of the family. In the last 20 or so years new avenues of divination have been discovered, recovered, and Lenormand and Kipper cards are starting to shine as viable alternatives to tarot and oracle decks. Lenormand cards in particular are often promoted to the unsuspecting as an uncomplicated oracle with inflexible definitions, the reading of which is relatively easy to master. There is an erroneous belief that the cards have universal meanings which have not changed since the system was originally developed somewhere in the early to mid 1800s. While the actual meanings of Lenormand cards are relatively static, more and more possibilities are being added in parallel with our complex modern lives. And, given that Lenormand cards in particular are read in pairs and groups, interpretations of them is often idiosyncratic and heavily dependent on the readers skill. In line with the modernisation of Lenormand card meanings are the addition of new cards to the deck the original deck had 36 cards, some modern decks have as many as 42. This allows for
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