Position-Based Spreads with Lenormand: The Tarot-Style Method

In this second love spread, I talk about the love dilemma, i.e. the choice between two people. The love triangle is actually quite common. Indeed, without necessarily speaking about a single person who has the choice between two suitors, even when we are in a couple, married or not, we sometimes meet a person who opens our mind to a possible love relationship. And then what should you do ? Leave your current partner ? Stay with him or her ? The answer often seems quite complex, as no one is perfect, and the ideal relationship does not exist. The spread takes place as follows:

• First, the consultant draws two cards that represent him/her: his/her state of mind, doubts, expectations, dilemma. It is possible to assign each of the two cards to a partner, in order to clarify the consultant's perception of each partner.
• Then the consultant draws two cards for one of the partners he/she has previously determined.
• Finally he/she draws two new cards representing the other partner. The duos of cards about the partners evoke, like the consultant's, their state of mind, their expectations, their behaviour. The fortune teller guides the consultant to consider the psychological dimension of each partner in order to try to conclude on the most profitable and fulfilling relationship that he/she would develop with one or the other partner.
• If this psychological spread is not enough, the consultant can draw two last cards which will represent a piece of advice to implement, or the result of the dilemma. I think that one should be careful not to draw these last two cards - which remain optional - too quickly, because it seems to me necessary to approach such a dilemma on a psychological and human level, with reason and lucidity. If the consultant is really lost, the 7th and 8th cards should represent a piece of advice, which he/she can take into account or not.

If finding a job can be difficult, changing jobs can be equally difficult. The consultant may not know what to do between staying in his or her current job despite the disadvantages or taking the risk of looking for or taking a new job, which may not be better or more interesting. This spread therefore proposes to reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of staying or leaving one's current job. The spread proceeds as follows :

• First, the consultant draws two cards that represent the situation of staying in the current job : the conflict to be resolved, the compromise to be found, the stakes, the permanence of the position. It is possible to agree that one of the two cards should represent the advantages of staying and the other card should represent the disadvantages of staying.
• Then the consultant draws two cards about the possibility of leaving the current job : the difficulty of finding a new job, the perils of moving into the unknown, the promises made by the recruiter or new employer, the viability of the proposed job. As with the first pair of cards, it can be agreed that one of the two cards can represent the advantages of leaving and the other card can represent the disadvantages of leaving.
• Then the consultant draws two final cards on the result or advice to be applied. This pair may suggest a kind of compromise, or suggest another possibility, such as going into business for oneself, which the consultant had not considered. The result may be clear-cut, leave or stay, as well as ambiguous, inviting patience, mediation, counselling, or perhaps a change of position within the current company.

The Cross spread is a safe bet in France. Even if there are several variants, the base remains the same with 4 cards: situation, oppositions, advice, result. Some cartomancers add, for example, a synthesis card in the centre. Here, I stay with the simple version with 4 slots. As for the previous draws, you will not be surprised to see that I double each slot. The spread proceeds as follows :

• First, the consultant draws two cards that represent his/her situation : What is his/her state of mind ? What is the real issue ? What are the pros ? Who is the consultant really ?
• Then the consultant draws two cards on the oppositions : Where is the blockage ? What are the problems, the dilemma, the disadvantages, the cons ? What is hidden ?
• The consultant draws two complementary cards for counselling : What awareness is needed ? What outside help is needed ? What is the best way, the middle way or the way of compromise ?
• Finally, the consultant draws two final cards about the outcome : What is the possible outcome if the advice is followed ? What will be the response ? What consequences can be expected ?