The Bear

Lenormand

General meaning

☀ Light

strengthprotectionpowerauthoritymotherpossessionabundanceprotective instinct

🌑 Shadow: Abuse of power, domination, jealousy, possessiveness, difficult temper, financial dependence

Lenormand cards aren't read reversed: each card has a light side and a shadow side, and the shadow usually comes out depending on the cards around it.

By topic

Love: protective partnerpossessive relationshipjealousysupportstabilitymature affection
Friendship: protective friendsupportloyaltyolder friendjealousystrength
Family: motherauthority figureprotectioncareoverprotectionpatriarch or matriarch
Career: promotionmanagementpowerresponsibilityleadershipauthority
Work: bossauthorityposition of commandresponsibilityleadershipfirmness
Studies: teachermentoracademic authorityconsistencyendurance
Money: big moneysavingsresourcespurchasing powermanagementassetsbanking
Pets: large animalprotectionappetiteweightstrong petterritoriality
Health: weightappetitedietphysical strengthendurancerobust constitutionrest
Choices: firm decisionprotecting what's yoursconsulting someone experiencedchoosing security
Creative projects: solid productionfundingbackingprotecting the workstrength to finishleadership
Creativity: powera forceful workprotecting the worksoliditypresence

Classic combinations

The Bear + The Tower: a boss or a person with power
The Bear + The Fish: solid savings or a good investment
The Bear + The Woman: a strong, protective woman, a mother
The Bear + The Tree: diet and weight
The Bear + The Whip: control, someone too bossy
The Bear + The Man: a man with power or a boss

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It's strength, power and someone with authority who protects (or who's too bossy). Example: The Bear + The Tower is a boss or someone with power at work.
It's also money and investments. Example: The Bear + The Fish is solid savings or a good investment.
In health, it speaks of diet and weight. Example: The Bear + The Tree asks you to watch what you eat.

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Images: Das Spiel der Hofnung (J. K. Hechtel, Nuremberg, 1799), the ancestor of the Petit Lenormand. Public domain (Wikimedia Commons, British Museum).