{"id":23376,"date":"2020-12-01T01:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T05:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=23376"},"modified":"2020-11-25T12:18:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:18:50","slug":"learning-lenormand-reviews-pixies-astounding-lenormand-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2020\/12\/01\/learning-lenormand-reviews-pixies-astounding-lenormand-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Lenormand Reviews Pixie’s Astounding Lenormand Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pixie Astounding Lenormand!! And it IS Astounding!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been studying the Lenormand for a couple of years now and I have to admit that I have fallen into somewhat of a rut \u2013 which happens, ya know \u2013 when you are using the same cards over and over again and reading only for yourself. It\u2019s not so very different than what happened with the Tarot and my other divinatory practices \u2013 when I retired from active employment and decided to embrace my singleness relationship-wise, there was little reason to consult any <\/i>form of divination \u2013 life was more or less the same every day and it was comfortingly boring. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With COVID-19, my life has shrunk even further. With the exception of a little grocery shopping, I go nowhere and see no one. Since my son has left for the Army, I live for his letters and the few phone calls he is allowed to make. I read books, watch Netflix, write poetry and do needlework. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was reading some old diaries of mine recently \u2013 they will filled <\/i>with tarot readings and with readings of the \u201cSecret Dakini Oracle\u201d that I had gotten as a present from a lover. I realized that I missed <\/i>doing readings \u2013 I just don\u2019t know what I need to know! If that sounds crazy \u2013 well, I know it does. But when you\u2019re not in love and not looking for love, what do you need to know? If you\u2019re retired from the workplace and employment isn\u2019t an issue, why would you ask the cards about that? <\/i>If you only child is in the Army \u2013 well, you don\u2019t need a deck of cards to figure out his <\/i>future. Still \u2013 I have that longing. I want to lay out the cards again and read what was going on. There just isn\u2019t anything going on. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When it came to the Tarot, the Rider-Waite deck was my first deck and remains my go-to deck for readings. While I possess other Tarot decks, I can do a reading with the Rider-Waite deck and read the cards like it\u2019s a Dick and Jane book \u2013 the original reader. Learning the Lenormand hasn\u2019t been that easy for me \u2013 it\u2019s been a difficult second language, to say the least. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, when I compare the two systems \u2013 Tarot and Lenormand \u2013 it seems to me that Lenormand is far more suited for this time of coronavirus than the Tarot. The Tarot has so many people \u2013 <\/i>a typical Tarot reading is like going to a party \u2013 no social distancing whatsoever. But the Lenormand has very few people \u2013 there\u2019s animals and places and things. You can do a \u201cLine of Five\u201d reading and not have a card with a person at all. It\u2019s really perfect for the times in which we now live. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was going to buy a new Lenormand deck no matter what. There were several I was considering \u2013 because of their beautiful artwork, basically. I decided on Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand because of its artistic closeness to the Rider-Waite \u2013 I love Pamela Coleman Smith\u2019s artwork. And I wanted to eventually work out a system where I could perhaps use the two decks in one reading. That, of course, is well in the future \u2013 I just received the Pixie deck today! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The cards are so adorable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

It was created by Edmund Zebrowski, a massage therapist \u2013 really! \u2013 who explains in the \u201clittle book\u201d that the cards were originally \u201can exercise in creativity\u201d and \u201cnot even intended to be published\u201d (Zebrowski, 4). However, after he posted a few of the cards online, the buzz was so great that U.S. Games became interested, and the rest is history. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I Googled Zebrowski and it seems that his only online presence is his Instagram page. He has a wide range of interests. I became one of his followers. Check him out! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand comes in a fabulous little tin, which, if you\u2019re a box-collector like I am, you are absolutely going to love! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t wait to use them!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, I took the time to read the entire \u201clittle book\u201d \u2013 I would advise you to do the same. Not only does Zebrowski give the \u201cmeaning\u201d of each card, but he explains how he put together the artwork of the card \u2013 which Tarot cards he used and why. As someone who regards the Tarot as her first \u201cdivinatory\u201d language \u2013 and the Rider-Waite deck her natural dialect among first languages \u2013 knowing the sources of the imagery of Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand helps immensely in analyzing the cards within a spread. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I shuffled them for a while \u2013 they\u2019re nice and small and made of quality card stock, with a smooth, glossy feel to them \u2013 they slide well through the fingers. I cut them three times, as is my wont. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I was going to do a simple Three-Card Spread and then I thought I\u2019d do a Line of Five, but then I thought \u2013 what the hey, do a Grand Tableau \u2013 let\u2019s see the whole deck laid out. So that\u2019s what I did. (You can see my cat Radar\u2019s feet at the side of the spread!)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

You have to admit, they are a lovely set of cards! They are close enough to the original Rider-Waite imagery to seem like old friends but they are totally Lenormand in every way! And of course \u2013 there are Lenormand images that were never pictured in Pamela Coleman-Smith\u2019s tarot work, so the differences only make the similarities stand out that much more. In some ways, Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand is a palimpsest of the Rider-Waite tarot \u2013 quite a brilliant one. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to get into the whole analysis of the spread here, but I will focus on The Lady (who is me, of course):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I think this shows that although I\u2019m looking at the obstacles (XXI The Mountain) in my path and feeling negative about life, there is news coming from the man (whom I assume is my son, the only man in my life) \u2013 XXVII The Letter below me could be literally the letter I am waiting for or the fact that I spend most of my days writing \u2013 the birds are the chatty nature of my writing. I have a lot <\/i>about which to feel happy \u2013 I just have to turn myself around! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All in all, I am delighted <\/i>with Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand and I look forward to getting back into a daily practice of Lenormand readings with it \u2013 this was definitely the kick-start that I needed! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Zebrowski, Edmund. Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand<\/u>. Stamford, CT: US Games, Inc. 2015. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All photographs \u00a9 Polly MacDavid<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Pixie’s Astounding Lenormand on Amazon<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

***<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Polly MacDavid<\/b>\u00a0lives in Buffalo, New York at the moment but that could easily change, since she is a gypsy at heart. Like a gypsy, she is attracted to the divinatory arts, as well as camp fires and dancing barefoot. She has three cats who all help her with her magic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Her philosophy about religion and magic is that it must be thoroughly based in science and logic. She is Dianic Wiccan but she gets along with a few of the masculine deities. She loves to cook and she is a Bills fan. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She blogs at\u00a0<\/span>silverapplequeen.wordpress.com<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>. She writes about general life, politics and poetry. She is writing a novel about sex, drugs and recovery. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pixie Astounding Lenormand!! And it IS Astounding! I\u2019ve been studying the Lenormand for a couple of years now and I have to admit that I have fallen into somewhat of a rut \u2013 which happens, ya know \u2013 when you are using the same cards over and over again and reading only for yourself. It\u2019s not so very different than what happened with the Tarot and my other divinatory practices \u2013 when I retired from active employment and decided to embrace my singleness relationship-wise, there was little reason to consult any form of divination \u2013 life was more or less the same every day and it was comfortingly boring. With COVID-19, my life has shrunk even further. With the exception of a little grocery shopping, I go nowhere and see no one. Since my son has left for the Army, I live for his letters and the few phone calls he is allowed to make. I read books, watch Netflix, write poetry and do needlework. I was reading some old diaries of mine recently \u2013 they will filled with tarot readings and with readings of the \u201cSecret Dakini Oracle\u201d that I had gotten as a present from a lover. I realized that I missed doing readings \u2013 I just don\u2019t know what I need to know! If that sounds crazy \u2013 well, I know it does. But when you\u2019re not in love and not looking for love, what do you need to know? If you\u2019re retired from the workplace and employment isn\u2019t an issue, why would you ask the cards about that? If you only child is in the Army \u2013 well, you don\u2019t need a deck of cards to figure out his future. Still \u2013 I have that longing. I want to lay out the cards again and read what was going on. There just isn\u2019t anything going on. When it came to the Tarot, the Rider-Waite deck was my first deck and remains my go-to deck for readings. While I possess other Tarot decks, I can do a reading with the Rider-Waite deck and read the cards like it\u2019s a Dick and Jane book \u2013 the original reader. Learning the Lenormand hasn\u2019t been that easy for me \u2013 it\u2019s been a difficult second language, to say the least. However, when I compare the two systems \u2013 Tarot and Lenormand \u2013 it seems to me that Lenormand is far more suited for this time of coronavirus than the Tarot. The Tarot has so many people \u2013 a typical Tarot reading is like going to a party \u2013 no social distancing whatsoever. But the Lenormand has very few people \u2013 there\u2019s animals and places and things. You can do a \u201cLine of Five\u201d reading and not have a card with a person at all. It\u2019s really perfect for the times in which we now live. I was going to buy a new Lenormand deck no matter what. There were several I was considering \u2013 because of their beautiful artwork, basically. I decided on Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand because of its artistic closeness to the Rider-Waite \u2013 I love Pamela Coleman Smith\u2019s artwork. And I wanted to eventually work out a system where I could perhaps use the two decks in one reading. That, of course, is well in the future \u2013 I just received the Pixie deck today! The cards are so adorable. It was created by Edmund Zebrowski, a massage therapist \u2013 really! \u2013 who explains in the \u201clittle book\u201d that the cards were originally \u201can exercise in creativity\u201d and \u201cnot even intended to be published\u201d (Zebrowski, 4). However, after he posted a few of the cards online, the buzz was so great that U.S. Games became interested, and the rest is history. I Googled Zebrowski and it seems that his only online presence is his Instagram page. He has a wide range of interests. I became one of his followers. Check him out! Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand comes in a fabulous little tin, which, if you\u2019re a box-collector like I am, you are absolutely going to love! I couldn\u2019t wait to use them! However, I took the time to read the entire \u201clittle book\u201d \u2013 I would advise you to do the same. Not only does Zebrowski give the \u201cmeaning\u201d of each card, but he explains how he put together the artwork of the card \u2013 which Tarot cards he used and why. As someone who regards the Tarot as her first \u201cdivinatory\u201d language \u2013 and the Rider-Waite deck her natural dialect among first languages \u2013 knowing the sources of the imagery of Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand helps immensely in analyzing the cards within a spread. I shuffled them for a while \u2013 they\u2019re nice and small and made of quality card stock, with a smooth, glossy feel to them \u2013 they slide well through the fingers. I cut them three times, as is my wont. I was going to do a simple Three-Card Spread and then I thought I\u2019d do a Line of Five, but then I thought \u2013 what the hey, do a Grand Tableau \u2013 let\u2019s see the whole deck laid out. So that\u2019s what I did. (You can see my cat Radar\u2019s feet at the side of the spread!) You have to admit, they are a lovely set of cards! They are close enough to the original Rider-Waite imagery to seem like old friends but they are totally Lenormand in every way! And of course \u2013 there are Lenormand images that were never pictured in Pamela Coleman-Smith\u2019s tarot work, so the differences only make the similarities stand out that much more. In some ways, Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand is a palimpsest of the Rider-Waite tarot \u2013 quite a brilliant one. I\u2019m not going to get into the whole analysis of the spread here, but I will focus on The Lady (who is me, of course): I think this shows that although I\u2019m looking at the obstacles (XXI The Mountain) in my path and feeling negative about life, there is news coming from the man (whom I assume is my son, the only man in my life) \u2013 XXVII The Letter below me could be literally the letter I am waiting for or the fact that I spend most of my days writing \u2013 the birds are the chatty nature of my writing. I have a lot about which to feel happy \u2013 I just have to turn myself around! All in all, I am delighted with Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand and I look forward to getting back into a daily practice of Lenormand readings with it \u2013 this was definitely the kick-start that I needed! References Zebrowski, Edmund. Pixie\u2019s Astounding Lenormand. Stamford, CT: US Games, Inc. 2015. All photographs \u00a9 Polly MacDavid Pixie’s Astounding Lenormand on Amazon *** About the Author: Polly MacDavid\u00a0lives in Buffalo, New York at the moment but that could easily change, since she is a gypsy at heart. Like a gypsy, she is attracted to the divinatory arts, as well as camp fires and dancing barefoot. She has three cats who all help her with her magic. Her philosophy about religion and magic is that it must be thoroughly based in science and logic. She is Dianic Wiccan but she gets along with a few of the masculine deities. She loves to cook and she is a Bills fan. She blogs at\u00a0silverapplequeen.wordpress.com. She writes about general life, politics and poetry. 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