There is an oracle of breathtaking beauty - and a complexity that puts almost everyone off. Each card is a whole world: a grand mythological scene, two smaller scenes, a miniature playing card, a flower, a celestial symbol... layer upon layer of meaning, magnificent and bewildering.
It is the Grand Jeu de Mlle Lenormand. And this book is the key that finally opens it.
THE GRAND JEU DE MLLE LENORMAND is the complete guide to the 54 cards of the richest oracle in all of cartomancy. Where the Petit Lenormand fits into 36 simple images, the Grand Jeu unfolds an entire theatre: Greek heroes and gods, the Golden Fleece, the Trojan War, the alchemical Great Work, the language of flowers, and a map of the sky. A splendour that scares off beginners... until someone hands them the reading. That is exactly what this book does.
LEARNING TO READ A CARD-WORLD
You'll discover how to decode every layer of a card: the central scene, the two small subjects that reveal causes and consequences, the miniature playing card, the flower and its messages, the symbols of the sky. Once you've learned this grammar, what looked like a jumble of images becomes a language of remarkable precision.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND
- The history and spirit of the Grand Jeu, from Marie-Anne Lenormand to the great myths that underpin it
- The mythological figures and the web of correspondences that give the deck its depth
- The method for reading a card layer by layer, then the five families that structure the whole
- The complete dictionary of all 54 cards - the heart of the book, thorough and clear
- The language of flowers and the reading of the sky, up to the dating of events: a rare and prized technique
- The Grand Jeu spreads, the art of combining cards, and reading by life area (love, work, money)
- Progressive exercises to move from theory to fluent practice
WHO IT'S FOR
For you who own this magnificent deck and feel lost before its richness. For you who read the Petit Lenormand or tarot and want to step up to the most complete oracle of all. For you drawn to mythology, symbolism and alchemy. For you who want a cartomancy deep enough not only to describe a situation, but to place it in time.
Take your deck, open this book - and step into the most fascinating of all oracles.
