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The Ring

Lenormand

General meaning

☀ Light

🌑 Shadow: A commitment that ties you down, contracts with small print, routine, relationship out of obligation, repeating cycles

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

marriagecommitmentstable couplepromisealliancefaithfulness

Friendship

pactloyaltyalliancecommitted friendshippromiseslasting bond

Family

marriagebondspactsinheritancestraditionscommitment

Career

contractprofessional alliancepartnershipcommitmentagreementscontinuity

Work

contractpactpartnershipagreementswork commitmentcollaboration

Studies

enrolmentcommitmentstudy agreementgroupagreementstraining cycle

Money

contractsagreementspartnershipsrecurring paymentssubscriptionsdebts taken on

Pets

formal adoptioncommitment to the animalcontractcare cycleslasting bondregistration

Health

ongoing treatmentcyclescommitment to habitsmedical routineconsistency

Choices

committingsigningagreementcyclepactnot going halfway

Creative projects

publishing contractcollaborationpactserieswork cyclecommitment

Creativity

commitment to the workcyclespublishing contractscollaborationseries or sagas

Classic combinations

• The Ring + The Letter: signing a contract
• The Ring + The Coffin: the end of a commitment
• The Ring + The Anchor: a stable, long-lasting relationship
• The Ring + The Fish: a financial agreement or partnership
• The Ring + The Whip: always repeating the same argument
• The Ring + The Tree: a long-lasting relationship with roots
• The Ring + The Snake: a complicated relationship or one with third parties
• The Ring + The Scythe: a sudden break-up
• The Ring + The Heart: love with commitment
• The Ring + The Key: a guaranteed commitment

✨ 3 tips for combining it

1. It's commitment: a relationship, a contract, an agreement. Example: The Ring + The Letter is signing a contract.
2. It's also something that repeats in cycles. Example: The Ring + The Whip is always falling into the same argument.
3. Look at whether something good or bad is to its right to know how the agreement ends. Example: The Ring + The Coffin is a commitment coming to an end.

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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).