Answering yes/no questions with Lenormand

[Panda]

I've recently started to try and get back into learning Lenormand and am having difficulties understanding how to interpret yes/no questions. I've noticed reading through some of the posts here which are yes/no questions, that they are answered by reading the cards. I had read some authors don't interpret the cards in Lenormand, rather, they count the number of positive v negative cards to elicit an answer. 

 

I'm consequently finding this a bit confusing. Should they be read like a story and the outcome of the story giving an indication of yes or no, or should one not interpret the cards drawn at all, and only focus on whether they are positive or negative?

 

I would really like some guidance on this, as it is difficult to come up with questions which aren't yes/no based when trying to learn. 

[katrinka]

Noting the positive vs. negative cards is part of reading them. You do it, but you don't stop at that. Always read them and note the card interaction.
Who are these authors?

Just one bad card can often be enough to spoil things, depending on where it falls. You could have:

(positive card) + Mice + (positive card)
and that would still be a negative answer, even though there are two positives vs. one negative, and the line ends in a positive. That's because Mice take the card on the left and spoil the card on the right.

[WizardintheWoods]

I remember seeing that you can use the playing card insets for yes/no questions.  In Caitlin Matthews book she uses Spades for maybe no, Hearts for yes, Clubs for no and Diamonds for maybe yes.  This must be based on the red versus black playing card system I would think.  It didn’t make a lot of sense to me being we were in the “realm of Lenormand” and then I read a different way to read them.  Spades were yes, Hearts maybe yes, Diamonds maybe no, and Clubs no.  This seems to more follow how the suits in Lenormand are more positive versus negative.

I have used the later method, which I can’t for the life of me remember where I did read it, with good/accurate results.  I am not at all sure it is considered traditional though.

[Panda]

Thanks for your replies.

 

I don't remember who uses this method. I think one of the readers is a woman on the internet. 

 

Now you've mentioned the card insets - I also remember reading about that method from somewhere although I haven't tried it for myself. For the time being I'll use the method of reading the cards I think as it is more helpful to me learning the meanings of the cards, especially in combinations. 

[Guest]

This confused me as well. I like Andy´s version of this. Positive, positive-neutral, neutral, neutral-negative, and negative. And neutrals could be influenced by the more positive or negative cards.

[katrinka]

On 7/4/2021 at 10:42 AM, WizardintheWoods said:

I remember seeing that you can use the playing card insets for yes/no questions.  In Caitlin Matthews book she uses Spades for maybe no, Hearts for yes, Clubs for no and Diamonds for maybe yes.  This must be based on the red versus black playing card system I would think.  It didn’t make a lot of sense to me being we were in the “realm of Lenormand” and then I read a different way to read them.  Spades were yes, Hearts maybe yes, Diamonds maybe no, and Clubs no.  This seems to more follow how the suits in Lenormand are more positive versus negative.

 

The second way makes more sense, as the German suits are Leaves, Hearts, Bells and Acorns. But I'd still use the images rather than relying on the PC insets alone.

Caitlin has activities in her book which are just that, activities, things people can play around with. They're not necessarily "Lenormand proper", which is OK - she doesn't present them as such, IIRC. But people sometimes misunderstand.

[Guest]

I also wonder how you all do with yes/no questions?