Hello, everyone. 

 

I've read that as "mice work in groups and as a team, so sometimes this card will be about teamwork or the laborers in the workforce because of the tedious and repetitive work." 

 

Has this meaning ever appeared to you in your readings? 

No. 
The only place I've seen anything like that is the Katz Goodwin book, which, as I've stated here and elsewhere, I don't recommend.
https://fennario.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/books-learning-lenormand/

The Lenormand Mice are not meant to be identified with.

If I recall correctly, Ms. Steinbach held that the Mice were labour and teamwork.  Marco never held the association, and none of the French l readers I know do. 
 

It is also not something I have seen in my readings.  The Mice eat at our resources rather create them. Even if we can admire their productivity, we have to remember that they are stealing or ruining. 
 

It is also important to remember not all packs have more than one mouse.

6 hours ago, katrinka said:

The Lenormand Mice are not meant to be identified with.

That's why I asked, because I've never done that or seen that on my readings. It was odd to me.

 

39 minutes ago, timtoldrum said:

The Mice eat at our resources rather create them. Even if we can admire their productivity, we have to remember that they are stealing or ruining. 

That's it. 

Regarding the Mice, a queer analogy which pops in my mind, among others, would be a mechanic from an old videogame, Dune 2. In this lovely real-time strategy, you could construct your buildings on bare rock, or you could build cheap tiles on the rock instead with a little time investment, and then place the building on the tiles. If placed on the rock directly, the building will start with less than maximum durability, and will also deteriorate quicker. And so, the credits' loss which persists over the entire game, should you never bother to build tiles, is associated with the Mice for me (Mice chew on my spice in the silos xD).

 

As for the aspect of teamwork and collaborative effort, I wouldn't pass up on that. If you feel that it fits the concept of Mice from a certain point of view, write it down in your mental symbolic language dictionary to have more freedom in future interpretations.

Edited May 4, 20215 yr by Marisa Kirisame

3 hours ago, Marisa Kirisame said:

As for the aspect of teamwork and collaborative effort, I wouldn't pass up on that. If you feel that it fits the concept of Mice from a certain point of view, write it down in your mental symbolic language dictionary to have more freedom in future interpretations.

That's what I'm doing with my 'pestering' inquiries here. Expanding the vernacular, so to speak. Thank you @Marisa Kirisame. I remember playing Dune2 back in the day (but I was a bad player, never went far in the episodes/missions).