Tarot

Grand Tableau

The Lenormand Grand Spread, also called the Grand Tableau, uses the 36 cards of the small Lenormand deck to explore a wide range of relationships. It is a different arrangement from the three-card reading offered by this website's application.

How it is structured

There are different layouts and reading conventions. Before working with it, you should declare how proximity, rows, and other spatial connections are interpreted. The cards do not acquire a position of past, present, or future simply by being to the left or right.

Useful distinctions

A large board can enrich associations, but it can also produce an excess of connections. The question helps in choosing a thread and returning to a synthesis. Its rules should not be mixed with Kipper or with the 25-piece gypsy spread available as another tool.

A practical example

Within a reading exercise, Rider, Card, and Anchor can form a thread of communication and continuity. On a 36-card board, one must also consider their location according to the declared rules. In the three-card application, the order of that selection is maintained without pretending to be a complete board.

Bring it into your reading

What relationship belongs to the declared method, and which are you adding without having defined it?

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