Dear Readers,
the Light and Shadow Series is nearing its finishing line: its last six installments are already scheduled. The Lenormand vs. Tarot Series was always to be an open-end series I plan to add to only if and when inspiration strikes. The same goes for reading techniques and other topics – I write a new blog post when there is a recent catalyst.
So I’ve been looking for new topics I could write about regularly, in a series format. One idea I had was to start expanding – or rather: completing! – my combination meanings. If you are familiar with my website, you know that the combination meanings I list there are not exhaustive but just examples; they are whatever I came up with first, on the spur of the moment. So I’ve been thinking about starting a “Combinations Complete” series, in which I tackle one pair of cards at a time, and try to create all possible combination meanings for that pair.
Is this something that would be of interest to you? And if yes, do you have specific cards you’d like me to start with because you’ve always found them difficult to combine?
Or maybe there are other topics you’d like me to write about? Please let me know in the comments. I would welcome some inspiration!
Warmest (or, this summer, maybe rather: coolest?) wishes,
Anna
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That’s a great idea, thanks.
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Thank you for commenting! – do you have any preferences which pair of cards I should use as a trial run?
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Oi Anna!
Eu adoro seu blog, aprendo muito! Adorei essa nova idéia! Com certeza não perderei nada!!
Gratidão imensa! Bjos.
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Dear Carolina, I don’t speak Portuguese but google translate tells me you agree with my suggestion. Thank you!
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It’s a brilliant idea, Anna! However, I honestly cannot imagine how a list of all possible combination meanings for each pair could be created at all since the cards’ meanings are so dependable on the question asked, which brings the number of possible interpretations to almost unlimited. It’s a huge task to take on!
I wish you success and can’t wait to see how you approach this!
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Ha, true, “all possible” combinations in the sense of “as applied to all possible contexts” would be hyperbolic. I agree that wouldn’t be doable 🙂 However, what I probably can do is create all the combination meanings possible when using my own keywords for each of the cards (which are, after all, limited). Even that would be a huge task, true, and I don’t know how useful it would be : if it would be practically helpful for other people, and if I could find a way to format such a huge amount of meanings that wouldn’t be confusing. I think I will give it a go with one pair of cards and see how it turns out, and only make a series out of it if the result is satisfying. Thank you for your input!
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Regarding usefulness, if I may … I believe it would be very useful to people who interpret card strings as you suggest in your book/website, i.e. subdividing everything into pairs rather than reading a 3-5-card string as one sentence. I personally had been struggling with the “sentence” way for quite a while till I bought your deck and read about your method. So pairs would be great! Maybe differentiate between the directions more, because how the combinations are described on your website now, the meaning of, say, ring+ship = ship+ring.
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About which pair to try out first… well, it’s my personal opinion only, and it has to do with the fact that I like structured things, so I would probably recommend just starting from the beginning. 🙂 Rider+Rider and then Rider+Clover/Clover+Rider.
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Yes, for this project I’d defnitely differentiate between directions. And I like structure, too! IF I ever make a series out of this I’ll go through the cards by numbers. It’s just, for the first one or two installments, for the trial run, I think I’d rather start with a combination either myself or someone else is most interested in / is easiest.
I often had problems with reading Strings as sentences because the kind of sentence I was supposed to create in many cases didn’t correspond well with the type of question I asked, with the kind of answer I wanted.
The good thing with reading “just” pairs, and within them, practising different types of combinations (noun-verb, verb-noun, noun-adjective, conjunctions etc), is that through this I also practised building all different types of grammatical fragments of sentences. After a while, creating full sentences spontaneously, on the spot, with a grammer fitting the type of answer I wanted, became much easier. In many readings I still stick with reading pairs, though. It often gives me less stilted results.
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I totally agree!
Thinking about the first pair… Maybe something with the Scythe since it has quite a variety of meanings and affects the neighbouring cards a lot… or The Fish…
I personally, however, will be happy to read about any pair! 🙂
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Yes, please! I’d love to see more examples of combinations.
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Thank you! – any preferences which pair of cards I should start with?
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