BreathingSince72 wrote: ↑04 May 2019, 07:02
@katrinka, I like them simple. I would much rather have the straightforward and original single words to build my own practice than to use someone else’s stuff. One of the many things I love about Caitlin Matthews lenormand book is how she teaches the reader to develop their own practice.
The meanings can't be compressed into a single word for each card, though. Whips, for instance, could be strife, signatures, something that happens twice, dancing...Child might be a literal child, a younger mistress, something new, something small...each card is a bit of a catch-all. And you really can't learn the method without using "someone else's stuff".
"Developing your own practice" isn't about changing the core meanings. It's noting how the cards speak to you in combinations. I often get the old electricity combo Sun-Scythe for music events. Probably due to the amps, PA, etc. That's not something that comes up in combo lists (which are only examples and not something to be committed to memory!) or the cards one might expect. It's just the shorthand I get from the cards. Somebody else would get something different.