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

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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).