Starting a Lenormand practice routine - tips?

[Marina]

Hi everyone!

 

I'm reaquainting myself with the Lenormand and am looking for ways to practice more frequently, in order to study.

I know many people do forecasts and I'd like some tips and advice because I never really managed to get the hang of them.

 

Any suggestions on how to incorporate the Lenormand in a routine in order to improve are much much welcome! Share anything that worked for you.

 

Thanks!

[katrinka]

Asking how a book or movie will play out.
Asking about misplaced objects.
Asking how dinner will turn out - or about anything, really.
Thinking in Lenormand: if something catches your attention, ask yourself "What cards might communicate this?" What actually comes up in a reading about it might be totally different, but it's still beneficial to train your mind.

You're learning a language. The best way to do that is immersion. 😉

[selena]

@katrinka’s recommendations will give you a robust programme.  
 

One thing I would suggest is perhaps putting aside the Tarot cards for a month or two. Any question that pops into your head read on it. Also, try both month ahead and week-ahead readings. 

[Marina]

14 hours ago, katrinka said:

Asking how a book or movie will play out.
Asking about misplaced objects.
Asking how dinner will turn out - or about anything, really.
Thinking in Lenormand: if something catches your attention, ask yourself "What cards might communicate this?" What actually comes up in a reading about it might be totally different, but it's still beneficial to train your mind.

You're learning a language. The best way to do that is immersion. 😉

 

These are great ideas, thank you! 

 

Would you recommend any particular amount of cards for a beginner to start these exercises with? Three cards? Five cards?

 

4 hours ago, selena said:

@katrinka’s recommendations will give you a robust programme.  
 

One thing I would suggest is perhaps putting aside the Tarot cards for a month or two. Any question that pops into your head read on it. Also, try both month ahead and week-ahead readings. 

 

That is a good idea too! I will save the tarot only for a reading circle I joined to participate this month and try to focus on the Lenormand, see how it goes.

[katrinka]

25 minutes ago, marinaoracles said:

Would you recommend any particular amount of cards for a beginner to start these exercises with? Three cards? Five cards?

I'd suggest changing it up, getting used to larger spreads too. Don't fall into thinking that you have to achieve X number of things before you can do a Grand Tableau.  The PL sheet ONLY had instructions for the GT, so I'm sure a lot of people started with it. But you'll naturally do a lot of 3 and 5 carders - I still do, they're fast and often all that's needed.

[DanielJUK]

It really helped me learning combinations to read 3 cards for each week. I know you said you don't like forecasts @marinaoracles but it's useful to relate how they turn out as a theme or event that happens in the week. I would do a reading every Monday for the next 7 days with 3 cards. At the beginning I found it hard to relate but with time it became really interesting! I did it for about a year. The most fascinating one that happened was one Monday I got Tower + Owls / Birds + Fox or Snake, something untrustworthy or something like that and I had during the week a phone call from an official trying to catch me out. It was a casual phone call but they were trying to trip me up in a bureaucracy case. As soon as the person phoned out of the blue I thought of the weekly reading and not to trust their friendly manner. So I was thankful for that reading 🙂 . After that I did monthly 3x3 box spreads at the start of each month.

 

I know the reading method that works best for me to see how it turns out in a practical way. Do a reading, ask a question, make a prediction and then how does it actually manifest? I then take it into account the next time I get the same card.

[Marina]

3 hours ago, DanielJUK said:

It really helped me learning combinations to read 3 cards for each week. I know you said you don't like forecasts @marinaoracles but it's useful to relate how they turn out as a theme or event that happens in the week. [...] I know the reading method that works best for me to see how it turns out in a practical way. Do a reading, ask a question, make a prediction and then how does it actually manifest? I then take it into account the next time I get the same card.

 

Oh no, I love the idea of forecasts, I just am no good at them at all!

That's why I wanted tips on how to start doing then, and your post has given me many many ideas! Thank you for sharing your experience!

 

I want to have the to pportunity to check how my readings manifest in real life, you know? I noticed I was becoming a bit of a wishy-washy reader, talking about energies and impressions, but unable to make solid, objective predictions. It's bothering me, hence why I am also looking into more traditionally predictive oracle methods, such are playing cards and Lenormand! 😊