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How NOT To Learn Lenormand
http://www.quickmeme.com/Faulty-Fortune-Teller/?upcoming Here’s the best of what I’ve been seeing…THE PEOPLE DEMAND IT. :D 1) You have all the meanings INSIDE YOU. Stay away from those stuffy...
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Open Letter
Knowledgeable people, sooner or later, end up either banned from Aeclectic Tarot forum, or walking away in disgust never to return. Today it happened again. Not surprised. Open Letter.
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I Call (FAIL) Troll
In light of the recent banning of Andybc from AT and Mary K. Greer leaving the study group at facebook, as well as the constant PM’s I get from people who have perfectly harmless questions but seem...
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Le Petit Oracle des Dames
This is a deck from 1799 or so. It’s like a mash-up of French Sibyl characters, Grand Jeu myth and Etteilla Tarot, with a good many of the cards double ended like Tarock. In spite of this, it’s a...
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A Message From Andybc
Dear Friends, It is with regret I’ve taken the decision to close myfortunae and Cartomantes’ Cabinet, with immediate effect. This was not an easy decision. This last week has been hellish. The trouble...
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Cutting through Tarot delusion: Learning Tarot 003
I’d like to direct you to another highly informative post from Andy Boroveshengra, with advice for avoiding obstacles disguised as “information”. For anyone learning to read Tarot, or longtime readers...
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Photoessay: Why Most Study Groups Aren’t Conducive To Learning
This is from the Tarotholics group on facebook, but they’re by no means the only ones – Aeclectic Tarot, Lenormand Cards Study Group, and numerous smaller places all follow a predictable pattern. Here...
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OOPS! (some common mistakes)
Learning Lenormand requires sifting through a lot of information, and most of it is very flawed, to say the least. So to (hopefully) save a few people from making these common mistakes, I’m going to...
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Andy’s “Thirty Six Cards – An Introduction to the Petit Lenormand”– don’t...
If you want a solid foundation in Lenormand reading (and not a lot of misinformation that you’ll only have to unlearn later), don’t miss Andy Boroveshengra’s Thirty-Six Cards: An Introduction to the...
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Postcards from the Front
I’m considering a vacation. This looks like a good spot. Greetings from historic Ratchetville, Texas. Sometimes – nay, often – I need to close the doors on our scenic soiled-panty-and-beer-can lined...
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On Community
“The Homecoming”, Norman Rockwell, 1945 I often see people using the terms “Lenormand community” or “cartomancy community”, with the implication that we shouldn’t fight, we should be in solidarity,...
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This is why
A good Lenormand practice group will limit the decks you can post to things like the Blue Owl, Carta Mundi, Dondorf, Glück, Mertz, Piatnik, and other reproductions of decks first published prior to...
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Resurrecting the Zauberkarten
Die Zauberkarten is a deck first published in Vienna in 1855. It’s one of the Sibilla types that overspread the Continent in the 19th century and includes Italian Sibillas, French Sibyl decks (Sibylle...
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Andy’s Book
The expanded edition of Lenormand Thirty Six Cards will be available soon. This one goes a good way beyond the first edition’s comprehensive-yet-basic Lenormand 101, with material that was included in...
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The Roots of Idiocy
(No, not the things in the photo…read on!) Comments are welcome, because I’m really, REALLY trying to find the root of this – so I can douse it with gasoline and enjoy the bonfire. If you’ve followed...
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Andy’s Book: Revised & Expanded
If you read this blog at all, you’ve probably heard of Lenormand Thirty Six Cards by now. It was intended as an introductory book, though it was quite detailed – I got a lot of benefit from it, and...
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Holiday card pull, 2015
Giordano Berti’s Sibyl of the Heart Greetings, and happy whatever-you-may-or-may-not-be-celebrating! LOL. I pulled a few cards for the coming week, and I wanted to share it here, as it looks pretty...
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Fin de Siécle: High Honor
It has come to my attention that there is some confusion regarding the High Honors card in Ciro Marchetti’s Fin de Siécle. Some people seem to think that it’s a battle scene, and that the meaning is...
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Pure Context Practice: The Cinderella Deck
This is The Cinderella Deck from Kristen at Over the Moon Oracle Cards. The images are from The Wonderful Story of Cinderella: Rhymed and Retold, published in 1921. It consists of 29 cards printed on...
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Getting To Know The Belline
The photo above is the Oracle Belline, laid out in a spread recommended by Andy Boroveshengra: “Draw one card for yourself, or the client. Then draw two for their personal life (relationships, home...
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