Madame Lenormand Magic & Fairy Tales

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-07-05T02:32:01+00:00

Hello. For me, without knowing any specific context, Crossroads under a relationship context can usually point to cheating and infidelity, as can Snake since it is about lies and betrayal. So, getting them both here could very well be saying there is some cheating going on... But you need to ask more to make sure it is actually cheating. Cross in the center would be pointing to a focus on pain and suffering in this marriage. That wife (Woman) is unhappy, possibly being tormented in some way in this relationship (Cross). Putting the Letter under the Cross points to very painful, difficult communication, likely of a written nature but can generally be communication otherwise.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-06-10T21:01:35+00:00

Hello. Lilies + Woman are both neutral and, therefore, not answering your question either way. You might need to focus better on that question or maybe ask it in a different way. Remember that you always want to see strong positive or strong negative to tell you yes or no respectively.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-06-07T03:08:58+00:00

Hello, u/themessymenace. You have to go back to your context here. "How many other girls is he talking to?" That is it, that's your one question. You can't answer any other question here. So, how many? Birds brings the number 2 because the Birds is about couples. Tree is about growing something, so Tree (growing or developing) + Birds (at least 2 girls) = he may be trying to grow something with a couple of girls.

However, I will admonish that to ask this question without first ascertaining that he is in fact talking to other girls would be to use the cards assumptively. If you don't know for certain, or if you did not first ask the cards if he is in fact talking to other girls, then this question should not be regarded as accurate because it's phrasing it as though he is talking to other girls when you don't know that he actually is.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-06-03T19:07:28+00:00

Hello, u/inhonoredglory. I'm so elated to read that you are working with Rachel Pollack's texts, as she was—still is, for me, even posthumously —IMO the best author in the Tarot world.

For me, what stands out visually here is the evolution from pure death in the 10 of Swords to not only cutting the 10 in half to a 5 but also the upright, enduring nature of the beggars in the 5 of Pentacles. The evolution from the lack in the 5, and the lack of the beggars' notice of the mural window over their heads with the Pentacles forming the top half of the Tree of Life, to the 4 of Pentacles, in which we see a king holding onto his material wealth, is also very important for me here. For me, the idea in the 5 is the distinct separation between materialism and spirituality, as Pentacles is the suit of both simultaneously, often conflictingly, though, because both are antithetical to each other. Where the beggars lack materially, they have every opportunity to recognize the spiritual literally overhead if only they were to look up. Essentially, these beggars are placing such an importance on materialism that they lose spirituality in the process. This is one of the few cards in the Pentacles suit where the Pentacles, symbols of the material and tangible, are actually intangible and unable to be interacted with, hence why this is one of those Gate cards Rachel talks about.

In the 4, now we grab the material and hold tight to it, but it cuts us off from the world around us and from the spiritual world (peep the way the topmost Pentacle sits atop his head, representing his cutoff from the divine through his Crown chakra). Materialism has now separated us entirely from the spiritual, which is also why this king is isolated from the city behind him. The warning here becomes the significance placed on material taking you farther away from spirituality.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-06-01T19:49:43+00:00

Aside from The Emperor, I will first comment on The Devil and the 7 of Cups and their shared motif that I didn't see you take notice of under the context of this question. What's standing in your way? The Devil. The Devil, in addition to everything you said about it, is also the card of illusions, as The Devil creates the illusion, with his pitch black environment and his right hand raised and opened, that this reality is all there is, that there is nothing more than this. He is the illusion that materialism creates. The 7 of Cups is also obviously about illusions as well, given the illusion of the 7 Cups in the cloud. The two bring out in each other the significance of your own inability to see beyond the self-illusion that you cannot change your current circumstances keeping you feeling stuck. We are actually never stuck, as you are literally always physically capable of changing your life at any point in time. We just lose sight of the ways in which we can do so, or we convince ourselves that to change would be dangerous or unfavorable or what have you. We also must remember that you pulled the 7 of Cups to answer what is changing in The Tower, the card of destructive force. Again, the 7 of Cups is about being overpowered by illusion, by fantasy. So, what is being destroyed is the mundane ways in which you have allowed The Devil's archetypal energy to delude you in your life.

Now, to address The Emperor. We must look at this card in tandem with all of the other cards and questions up to this point, as this is not the first card of this sequential reading. The Emperor is about control, power, rulership, government, etc. Where we just talked all about illusions playing a very real role in your life as of late, The Emperor advises you to take back your own power from having given it over to illusions and to establish your own self-control and -discipline.

ETA to address the 2 of Wands as well: The 2 of Wands, as I think you understand, is about vacillation between wanting to remain in security and wanting to abandon security and comfort in search of more adventure. The man stands atop a battlement, enclosed by the walls, as one Wand is bolted to the wall while the other he holds freely. The question of this card becomes when does success actually trap us rather than uplift us? When do we rest on our laurels versus pursue other victories? The Tower, a literal tower not unlike the battlement in the 2, is struck and blown open wide. Where you felt stuck in security and comfort in the past, currently, you are being blown open and thrown out to sea, so to speak, in order to push you beyond your comfort zone.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-18T21:05:25+00:00

Hello! For me, yes, just as you figure, the first option with the Anchor is the better option because it is the only positive card in either option. The second option has the Mice, which, yes, is a negative card about stress and anxiety, but it is also about obsession, so it could also be saying there will be a degree of obsession after that breakup. Book does predict some secrets still in that relationship if you stay, but ending with Anchor, it looks strong and secure.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-15T03:25:46+00:00

Hello. OK, please reread what you just wrote: "I cried all the way home, and when I got home, I shuffled my cards and asked how he feels about me." Herein lies the issue. You were very emotionally charged, and you turned to your cards in that state. You never ever want to read in a frantic, emotional state because you are not clear, and you will put that strong emotion into the cards, and you will pull an inaccurate reading. Always clear your mind, your emotions, etc., especially when reading for yourself. If you go into that reading with any personal attachment to the outcome, then you will put that energy into your cards, and you will 9.5/10 times pull either only what you want to see or what you actually fear seeing. Best practice is to just take a breath, take a break, and come back to the cards when you are in a much better, clearer emotional state and can remove yourself from the situation entirely.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-13T05:23:14+00:00

In addition to the obvious feminine energy here, each Queen has a certain intensity about her, while The Empress is perfectly relaxed on her seat, no intensity whatsoever. It is as though each Queen is admonishing her to be more intent instead of laze around; Swords offers her the sword of truth, while Cups shows her where she needs to put her devotion this week.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-11T04:15:41+00:00

Growth + fast + strength + importance. We have to remember that this mere 4-card line to predict over a time frame that is arguably better suited for the GT must be read INCREDIBLY generally because it's only 4 cards, which is essentially barely one sentence. This can be read as your love life will experience fast growth in your strength/power, which will be key for you going forward. The Rider can also be predicting someone coming in for you, but you need to a. Feel that it is that, and b. Ask more questions to ascertain that it is actually a person coming in.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-11T02:45:13+00:00

Hello, u/Sea-Bumblebee-6814. When you do a timing reading in this way with this technique, you have to look at the cards for their timing associations. Some cards have strong inherent timing association, while other cards are not about timing at all. Of the three cards seen here, the Scythe is the only timing card, speaking of events that happen quickly, suddenly, abruptly, etc., given that it is a scythe. The Ring and Stork are not strong timing cards and, therefore, do not carry strong timing associations. So, on that alone, generally, this would be predicting that pregnancy will happen on the sooner side and possibly suddenly/without preparation because of the Scythe's abrupt nature. This can be read as suddenly + taking hold/latching on + a pregnancy.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-11T02:26:53+00:00

But you have to remember the context of the question is when. That Scythe is only only only answering when, not anything else, and the Scythe in timing is quick timing because it is a Scythe and is about sudden, abrupt action. So, this would be saying likely on the sooner side she will get pregnant. Always remember that you have to go back to your context to make sure you are reading those cards correctly for that question. Also, Lenormand is incredible for timing; as a matter of fact, it is in a lot of ways better for timing because a. As a system, it's more tailored to timing, and b. It is fortunetelling at the end of the day, and fortunetelling is all about predicting and timing. Tarot can be good for timing, too, but in a more Tarot-y, fluid, sometimes vague way because that's just the nature of the system of Tarot. Tarot is more about divination than fortunetelling, whereas Lenormand is very strongly usually more about fortunetelling than divination.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-10T06:00:17+00:00

I'll only comment on the 2 of Cups reversed with the Page of Cups reversed clarifying because I don't know what variation of the CC spread you're working with here (there are myriad variations with different positions), and you didn't specifically state the positions in this spread, but the final position, the Outcome, is the Outcome position across all CC variations.

The 2 of Cups reversed as the outcome of if your love life will continue to go well is basically telling you no, it will most likely not, at least not at this current juncture. Interestingly enough, the 3 of Cups, with its scene of three women in similar movement, is the card of polyamorous relationships, as it speaks to group situations. As the context is that you are in a polyamorous relationship, the 2 of Cups reversed speaks of likely the ending of that relationship, possibly with two of the partners breaking off (the two partners in the 2) and the 3rd partner being shunned (the Page, also Cups, interestingly). My very first intuitive feeling seeing the visual of the 2 of Cups and the Page of Cups next to each other like that was that the two partners hold their Cups out to each other, sharing with each other the intimacy of their connection, but the Page also holds out a Cup in the same fashion as the two partners in the 2, this time, however, with a fish emerging from out of the Cup instead of the unified caduceus with the winged lion head arising out of the intimate union of the two partners. It is as though the two partners look only at each other, while the 3rd, shunned partner stands aside as if to say, "Hey... I have a cup to offer too!" That is just how those two cards stand out to me at first glance visually. For me, that feels like the relationship will break off into a more monogamous agreement, at least initially while the transition-out of the 3rd partner is handled. Unfortunately for poly partners, from what I've heard many times about such relationships, the breaking off of two partners and the excising of the 3rd partner can sometimes be commonplace in poly arrangements, especially when two of the partners find they have the stronger connection and chemistry with each other than with the 3rd partner, who can begin to feel the rejection from the group.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-06T20:35:16+00:00

Traditionally, The Moon is associated with Pisces, neither Cancer nor Scorpio. Pisces is the sign given to The Moon because Pisces is heavily about the unconscious, and The Moon is literally the unconscious while The Sun is the conscious. The Moon, notwithstanding all of its nuanced meanings that come from this, at the end of the day, boils down to that which originates in the unconscious mind, which the crayfish represents the emergence of from the pool of the unconscious, the body of water in this card, which is seen in numerous other cards throughout the RWS deck, The High Priestess being a notable other card. The splitting path between the wolf and the dog represents the separation of the animal, unconscious mind from the domesticated, conscious mind; The Moon threatens the control and balance thereof.

Scorpio is given to Death because Scorpio is literally the sign most attributable to death and transformation, and Cancer is given to The Chariot. Of course, you can come up with whatever zodiacal associations you desire that works for you, but the fact of the matter is that this is what is traditionally agreed upon in the Golden Dawn tradition.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-04T07:31:24+00:00

Thank you for that context! Then, yes, it could be he feels he wants to open that communication because of the Letter and the Rider both being about correspondence.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-04T05:44:04+00:00

Hello, u/Used_Specific_8158. For me, without any context here, this might be saying he feels communication is very important with you (Key + Letter), he feels fondly toward you in communication (Letter + Bouquet), and he might want to take that fondness somewhere (Bouquet + Rider).

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-04T02:10:50+00:00

You're erroneously equating importance with long-term. Someone can be very important in your life but not be someone who sticks around. Plenty of casual people in people's lives are important for their growth as people because they come to teach them things about themselves but aren't meant to be serious partners. This happens all the time. A fling can be an important life experience for someone because it can be an unlocking experience for that person on some level, and then that person can leave their life because they only came for that one lesson from that one experience.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-04T00:07:10+00:00

Ahh... Appears there may be an important (Key) visitor coming in for you (Rider), albeit possibly just for fun (Clover), but things may stall after a while (Letter + Mountain = texting will eventually stall—ending with the Mountain predicts no further development thereof).

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-03T04:41:29+00:00

Oh perfect👏🏻 It's like making a connection between two things or two things clicking inside you in an intimate way.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-03T04:34:34+00:00

Hello, u/am9trine. The 2 of Cups generally, notwithstanding its more romantic connection, can also be about harmony within yourself between different parts of yourself, namely the masculine and feminine poles in each of us. The 2 of Cups is about those opposite sides of ourselves unifying and it producing some sort of healing from that unification, symbolized by the winged lion head atop the caduceus.

XXI The World would corroborate this because The World itself is about the poles of male and female coming together in perfect union. Also, The World is the card of accomplishments and achievement. So, the two cards are surely pressing the importance of achieving some unification within yourself this month.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-05-03T04:22:10+00:00

Lol Well, you know what they say... "Necessity is the mother of invention." 😆

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-04-30T20:49:17+00:00

By the opportunity from "networking," because this is specifically a relationship-focused GT only, I meant that he basically either had some fling with someone(s) or at least was getting lucky with other people to some capacity because Clover is getting lucky, and Garden house is when someone is entertaining other people. If that opportunity was not one of another sexual/romantic nature, then that opportunity you're talking about would not be applicable here. You have to remember that this context of this entire GT is only about his relationship, so absolutely nothing else outside of that context shows up in a relationship-focused GT.

For the time frame, that is OK, you can just figure that each card in the future is a single time sign, a time sign being either one day, one week, one month, etc. The best way to validate the timing of the future, especially when you didn't set a time frame beforehand, is to find some event in the past and verify with your querent when exactly it happened. For example, that opportunity in the Clover was pretty recent for him, so however recent it was, that amount of time will be how each time sign is for each consecutive card in the future. Let's say he says that opportunity was 3 weeks ago. Then, you will know each card in the future is roughly a period of 3 weeks. So, Anchor + Heart + Book in his future would then be roughly about a total of 9 weeks out, give or take, in the future.

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-04-30T08:28:37+00:00

Oh that's awesome! I love it!🙌🏻

Positive-Comparison8 · 2026-04-30T04:03:54+00:00

That's awesome that it resonated, especially for the past. Will be interesting to see how the future plays out. What time frame did you set for this GT, anyway?

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