Lenormand · General & Overview · 9 cards · deep

Nine-Card Box (Portrait)

A 3x3 grid: the centre is the matter, the ring around it the forces in play.

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Best for

A full picture of one situation without laying out all thirty-six cards.

Origin

The 'Portrait' or 'Box' spread; rows for thought, reality, and undercurrent.

The positions

  1. 1

    Above-Left

    A thought or aim bearing on this

  2. 2

    Above

    What is hoped for or intended

  3. 3

    Above-Right

    Another aim or expectation

  4. 4

    Left

    What is behind you here

  5. 5

    The Heart

    The matter itself

  6. 6

    Right

    What is ahead of you here

  7. 7

    Below-Left

    A hidden root

  8. 8

    Below

    The undercurrent beneath it all

  9. 9

    Below-Right

    Another buried factor

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Nine-Card Box (Portrait)

Lenormand · 9 cards

1
Above-Left
2
Above
3
Above-Right
4
Left
5
The Heart
6
Right
7
Below-Left
8
Below
9
Below-Right

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