Card glossary › Lenormand
General meaning
☀ Light gift joy kindness beauty invitation gratitude thoughtful gesture
🌑 Shadow: Empty flattery, appearances, a gift with strings attached, forced cheerfulness, staying on the surface
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 romantic gesture courtship a lovely detail tenderness appreciation a pleasant date
Friendship invitations gifts celebrations affectionate friendship mutual appreciation social gatherings
Family celebrations family gathering gifts warm atmosphere affection weddings
Career recognition good image networking attractive offers professional invitations
Work recognition good atmosphere kind treatment public relations events customer service
Studies good result recognition pleasant atmosphere congratulations prize
Money gift pleasant income bonus small luxury spending on treats generosity
Pets pampering a pet as a gift affectionate animal grooming happy adoption
Health wellbeing better mood personal care self-care joy
Choices the pleasant option accepting an invitation deciding out of affection choosing beauty the kind option
Creative projects well-received work presentation pleasant launch recognition careful aesthetics
Creativity beauty aesthetics a lovely piece inspiration enjoying the process
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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).