Easy Lenormand Handbook

by Marcus Katz, Tali Goodwin

Originally developed in the nineteenth century and widely used in Europe, the Lenormand is a hugely popular form of fortunetelling for your romantic life, career, money, travel, and more. This fantastic kit includes a standard thirty-six card Lenormand deck and a helpful guidebook with card meanings and basic reading instructions. With tips and techniques for building up to the Grand Tableaux spread, the Easy Lenormand is the perfect kit for divining practical answers to everyday questions.

Genres: Tarot

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 8, 2015

About the author

Marcus Katz is a professional tarot teacher at the Far Away Centre, the first independent contemporary esoteric training centre in the United Kingdom. As the Director of Tarot Professionals, www.tarotprofessionals.com the world's largest professional tarot organisation, he has studied and taught tarot for 30 years and has delivered more than 10,000 face-to-face readings.

Marcus is also the co-creator of Tarot Town, www.tarot-town.com the social network for tarot readers, with thousands of people worldwide sharing innovative tarot development. He graduated from the University of Exeter as the first student in the world to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Western Esotericism - as such he is one of the few recognised academics in this field.

A licensed neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) trainer and neo-Ericksonian hypnotherapist with 20 years of experience training, presenting and teaching, he has completed training with Paul McKenna, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, and many other NLP luminaries.

His esoteric, kabbalah and tarot courses and workshops are attended by students from across the world, and he delivers three online courses in spellcrafting, kabbalah and alchemy to students through the Magicka School. He has also travelled and taught private groups across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States.

Marcus has learnt from, met and corresponded with many of the leading names in occultism during the past 30 years, and has enjoyed unparalleled access to private and academic libraries and rare manuscripts. His own library of esoteric books, magazines and materials is one of the largest and most comprehensive in private collection.

Reviews

[VS_1907 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a simplified introduction to Lenormand. However, I am planning to read it again after I read more books about lenormand because the last part about shadowing seemed too much to understand for beginners. Also the Grand Tableau was covered briefly and I'd like more explanations on that. Overall it is a good introduction book, the cards that come with it are not bad, but there are better looking ones available.

[Pixelina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The deck that came with this set is just lovely and fast became a favorite.
The book is simple and easy to follow

[Samantha Strong · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a quick, easy read, my very first foray into Lenormand. I've been reading tarot for about a year and a half now, which I think plays a large role in the confidence I have to use this book's information to read Lenormand. For someone new to cartomancy, I think perhaps it might not be enough to instill confidence in reading. Still, all the bones are there: what the cards mean, how to read them, and how everything hangs together.

I'm looking forward to practicing soon with my first Grand Tableau, which I thought perhaps would take a long time to work up to--but no. This gets you doing it in one day.

[Avery · Rating 3 out of 5]

The deck is very nice, but the book that goes with it seems to oversimplify to the point of contradiction. Still, it's a decent introduction.

[Colubrina Laticauda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Non mi pare esaustivo. Non mi sono nemmeno ritrovata in molti dei significati delle carte. Sarà un mio limite, perchè con queste carte non riesco a far scattare il feeling, ma il testo mi pare comunque troppo stringato. C'è comunque una buona spiegazione del grand tableau, che in italiano non avevo mai trovato.

[degelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

My great-grandmother used to read these cards. In learning about this part of my family history I've discovered that just about every reader has a different way of interpreting them. This isn't a science (surprise!). I have been taught the basics of how she used to discern particular spreads, and not surprisingly I haven't found evidence of that method anywhere. It seems that every person putting this into practice has different ways of putting this "alphabet" together, while the meanings of the individual cards are pretty consistent.

This book has information on each of the cards and their symbolism- no problem there. It's the second half of the book that is rather vague. While a breakdown of the deck is pretty helpful, there isn't as much information on how to specifically interpret spreads. Instead there are just suggestions of how cards could be read, but there isn't a detailed explanation of how they are grouped or relate to one another.

If you're looking for info on how to break down particular rows and columns or what chaining/mirroring is, you'll have to research that on your own. Then again, perhaps you'd prefer not to do that at all. At the end of the day it seems everyone finds their own method for reading these. There is no definitive source on how to do this unless I've missed something. If I have, point me in the right direction.

[Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick impressions: In the end, if you are looking to start learning and studying Lenormand, as I am now, this kit is a good option. A topic here or there could use more depth, but overall the kit works to get you started in an easy way.

(Full review available on my blog soon.)

[Kimberly Lou · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid introduction to reading Lenormand!