Learn Lenormand:

Blending Cards and

Creating Sentences
With Chlo McCracken

Blending cards

Blending cards
Traditional approach
Order of pair doesn't matter,
except, depending on school:

Rider
Clouds
Coffin
Scythe
Mice
Book
Cross

Rider - directionality
Does the Rider bring a
message to you?
Does the message miss
you? Or come from you?

Clouds - directionality
Which way does the
person face?
Are the clouds in front
of them?
Which side of the clouds
is closest to them: dark or
light?

Coffin - directionality
Traditionally, see
which side the black
cloth is draped.
In the Celtic
Lenormand, which
side has a black crow
on it?

Scythe - directionality
Where is the blade
pointing? What would
happen if that cutting edge
was used?
Where is the handle?
How would it feel to bang
up against the handle?

Mice - directionality
What do the mice face
- what are they eating?
Where do the mice
leave their droppings?

Book - directionality
Is the book open or
closed?
What side is the spine
of the book on?

Cross - directionality
Above - what is being
crushed?
Below - what is being
raised up?
Behind - what is being
offered support?
In front - what is being
born as a burden?

Blending cards
More recently...
Order of cards matters
Card to the right
affects card on the left

How would these

two pairs be read
differently?

Blending cards
More recently...
A nostalgic opportunity?
A foreign coin?
An international
opportunity?

A lucky journey?
A synchronous
venture?

Blending cards

Blend two or more

cards

House + Bouquet

House + Bouquet +
Ship

House + Bouquet +
Tree

Blend or sentence?
Or both?

Blending cards
House + Bouquet
A beautiful house.
A creative family.
An invitation to
someones home.

Blending cards
House +
Bouquet + Ship
A creative, foreign
family.
A beautiful
houseboat.
A secure venture in
art.
A comfortable,
beautiful journey.

Blending cards
House +
Bouquet + Tree
A beautiful,
ancestral home.
A family of longstanding creativity.
Invitation to a treehouse.

Creating a Sentence

Brainstorm keywords.

Brainstorm blending pairs.

Try putting words together in different

combinations.

Creating sentences

Odd or even number of

cards?
Past - Present - Future
Theme + Combination/s
Combination/s leads to...

Significator

and related
cards
Mirroring odd or even

Central Issue and

Surrounding
Considerations

Past - Present - Future

Past - Present - Future

Someone who was a friend has become

something more, emotionally. However, the future
with them seems uncertain.

Past - Present - Future

Past - Present - Future

Someone who was a caring friend now seems

emotionally less clear, and you may need to decide
whether you can accept this lack of certainty.

Theme + Combination

Theme + Combination

The theme is a friend, or a caring friend, or a

friend with heart issues. The combination
suggests a lack of emotional clarity, or that they
are worried about their heart issues.

Theme + Combination

Theme + Combination

The theme is a caring friend, a loving friend, a

friend with heart issues. The combination suggests
unclear emotions may necessitate a choice, or that
a caring choice is to accept uncertainty, or that
uncertainty around their heart will require a
decision.

Combination leads to...

Combination leads to...

An emotional friend leads to uncertainty or

depression. A friend who is emotional leads to
ambiguities.

Combination leads to...

Combination leads to...

Uncertainty around a friend who is emotional leads

to having to make a choice.
A friends heart problems lead to them making
cloudy judgements.
A friend feeling emotional leads to cloudy
judgements.

Central Issue +
Considerations

Central Issue +
Considerations

Emotions are at the heart of the question, and you

need to consider both how it will affect the
friendship, and whether you can accept lack of
clarity in this question.
In a question of love, how does uncertainty affect
your sense of loyalty?

Central Issue +
Considerations

Central Issue +
Considerations

The central issue is ambiguous emotions, consider

loyalty when making a decision.
If you are uncertain about whether this is really
love, consider what choices you would make for
this person, and what the friendship means to you.

Significator and
Surrounding Cards
Dont necessarily read significator
Sentence or blend

Significator and
Surrounding Cards

Academic news regarding health suggests a deceptive

rash.
A message from a health institution is coming regarding a
skin specialist.

Mirroring

Rider/Fox - news from a specialist

Tower/Stars - scientific institution

Reading Choices
Do you decide how
to read the cards
before you begin?
Ways to practice:
read for TV shows,
current affairs, historic
figures.
Wings of Change Lenormand (2015)