The Snake

Lenormand

General meaning

☀ Light

complicationdesirecunningwisdomdetourstemptationrivalrywinding path

🌑 Shadow: Deception, jealousy, manipulation, needless detours, someone with ulterior motives

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: passiondesirejealousyrivalcomplicated relationshipintense attractionseduction
Friendship: envyrivalrycunning confidantgossipquestioned loyaltycomplex relationship
Family: tangled conflictsjealousy among relativesrivalriesfamily secretscomplicated relationship
Career: strategypromotion through manoeuvringcompetitionnegotiationsinfluential person
Work: rivalryoffice politicsstrategyambitious colleaguesred tapenegotiation
Studies: convoluted syllabuscompetition among classmatesstudy strategygoing deeperdetours
Money: money through indirect meansshrewd negotiationtangled debtstemptation to spendsmall print
Pets: clever animalreptilesslippery behaviourdigestive problemsjealousy or territoriality
Health: digestive systemcirculationbuilt-up tensiongutcoiled-up stress
Choices: complicated pathtempting shortcutdeciding shrewdlyseductive optionsweighing motives
Creative projects: plot with twistsstrategycompetitionmagnetic appealobstacles and detours
Creativity: winding ideasartistic seductiona work with twistsintensitydaring

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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).