So let’s start the week with another Lenormand 9-card reading using the lovely Ciro Marchetti Gilded Lenormand deck.
Birds: Communication, Discussion, Chatter
Clover: Luck & Good Fortune, Opportunities, Chance
Snake: Betrayal, Problems, Temptation
Lilies: Maturity, Experience, Age, Peacefulness, Older Family Members
Storks: New Beginnings, Fresh Start, Change
Moon: Adulation, Regard, Manifestation, Creativity, Feelings, Inner Life
Clouds: Darkness, Gloom, Uncertainty & Doubt
Crossroads: Choices, Paths, Options, Routes
Bear: Strength, Power, Defence, Material Security
At the core of the reading for this week is change, new beginnings, fresh starts (Storks). Around that, we can see that opportunities and luck may have come from the past or have taken a while to mature, or that there’s a chance here for peace (Lilies-Clover), and that good fortune can manifest or be created (Clover-Moon), out of past choices or choosing the peaceful route (Lilies-Crossroads).
There appear to be multiple opportunities for change and a new start (Clover-Storks-Crossroads), but that conversations about both the past and peace appear to be clouded and overshadowed (Birds-Lilies-Clouds). A strong power, possibly Russia (Bear) has betrayed its respect and regard, how others feel about it (Snake-Moon-Bear).
Recent talks have brought luck with regard to a negative situation or betrayal or turned it to advantage (Birds-Clover-Snake), and there could be slow-developing peaceful changes as an ideal (Lilies-Storks-Moon), but it looks as though options will be uncertain or gloomy for someone powerful (Clouds-Crossroads-Bear) or there may be more than one negative force at work.
Looking diagonally, we can see talk of change and a new start with regard to that power and force, which could be Russia (Birds-Storks-Bear), but this is overshadowed by negativity, doubt and betrayal (Clouds-Storks-Snake), so I wouldn’t be expecting any major victories just yet.
The Birds are being knighted by the Crossroads and Moon, suggesting talks about the different options, perhaps for face-saving. Opportunities are overshadowed, however, by luck for someone forceful or powerful (Clover, Clouds-Bear), and it looks as though peace is betrayed by the choices someone makes (Snake, Lilies, Crossroads), or that peace has, underlying it, a forceful betrayal (Lilies, Snake-Bear). Negative talk overshadows standing and regard or what can be created (Moon, Birds-Clouds), and good fortune, opportunities and positive feelings are overshadowed as well (Clouds, Clover, Moon). There appears to be a choice to speak untruthfully or negatively, to lie (Crossroads, Birds, Snake), but there still could eventually be a chance for peace by using power and force (Bear, Lilies, Clover).
Change and a fresh start in the air, with opportunities for peace and negotiation, but betrayals and lies with regard to power overshadow the path ahead.