Thursday: A Man Who Makes Out He's Protective, An Angry Woman, But Trouble Getting Away

Thursday August 3rd 2023

For today’s reading, which is just a quick one, we’re using the international Sibilla Indovina version of the famous French Sibylle des Salons, or Parlour Sibyl, which was originally created in the 1840s and has retained its original design. Who was the “Sibyl” it was referring to? Why, Paris’s own Mlle Lenormand, of course! Although this deck is VERY different from Petit Lenormand cards, and bears no relation to them at all. It’s interesting, though, that it was created at the same time as the Lenormand-rebranded Game of Hope decks, in the decade that Mlle Lenormand died.

Anyway, you can access all 52 card meanings (plus reversals) for this lovely evocative deck here:

The cards for today fell as follows. I have Trump as my significator here, the Male Consultant, and am using the layout known as Le Conseil de Penelope, suggested by Grimaud in their version of this deck.

The Cards

Angry Woman, Visit, The Consultant, Impediment, Trip To The Country, Protector, Love (R)

The Reading

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