Card glossary › Lenormand
General meaning
☀ Light wear and tear slow loss stress worry depletion gnawing small annoyances
🌑 Shadow: Losses, gnawing worries, stress, theft or wear, anxiety, drained energy
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 wear and tear worry a routine that corrodes small slights stress doubts
Friendship wear and tear small disappointments gossip loss of trust social exhaustion
Family wear and tear small tensions worries shortages tiredness
Career stress professional burnout loss of motivation minor tasks lack of resources
Work burnout stress minor tasks that eat up time lack of resources worries exhaustion
Studies stress loss of focus exhaustion lost notes wear and tear nerves
Money small losses a trickle of expenses petty theft depletion fees savings wearing down
Pets pests parasites hygiene rodents stress loss of appetite
Health stress wear and tear tiredness deficiencies lack of energy hygiene infections
Choices avoiding what drains you spotting small losses prioritising clearing out reviewing
Creative projects wasted time scattered focus wear and tear details slipping lack of resources
Creativity energy leaks small blocks wear and tear scattered focus lack of time self-criticism
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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).