The Stork

Lenormand

General meaning

☀ Light

changeimprovementtransitionrenewalmovementpregnancymoving houseevolutionreturn

🌑 Shadow: A destabilising change, forced move, resistance to growth, delays, nostalgia for what you leave behind

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: change in the relationshippregnancynew stagereunionimprovementevolution
Friendship: changes in your circlereunionsnew friendshipsevolutiondistance that changes
Family: new memberspregnancymoving housechangesreturnfamily evolution
Career: job changepromotiontransfertransitionprofessional evolutionimprovement
Work: change of positiontransferimprovementnew stagerenewalmobility
Studies: change of schoolnew stagebetter gradestransfernew school year
Money: financial improvementchange of situationnew incomereadjustmentstransition
Pets: littersbreedingmoving housea pet arrivingmoving with your petimprovement
Health: pregnancygradual improvementchange of habitsrenewalrecoverylife transition
Choices: changingimprovingchoosing changemovingnew direction
Creative projects: new phasechange of formatrelaunchevolutionrenewalimprovement
Creativity: artistic evolutionchange of stylerenewalnew phasetransforming

Classic combinations

The Stork + The House: a move or home renovation
The Stork + The Child: pregnancy or a birth
The Stork + The Tower: a change of job or position
The Stork + The Heart: the relationship changes for the better
The Stork + The Ship: relocating to another country or city

✨ 3 tips for combining it

It's change and improvement: something moving for the better. Example: The Stork + The House is a move or a renovation.
It can also be pregnancy or someone joining the family. Example: The Stork + The Child is a birth or a baby on the way.
What comes after it says what's changing. Example: The Stork + The Tower is a change of position or company.

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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).