Scythe

Scythe: meaning

In Lenormand, the cards speak to one another. One symbol opens a theme and its neighbour expands, specifies or transforms it. Follow the line from left to centre, then centre to right: the order gives the reading rhythm and meaning.

Symbols and details in the image

Notice a scythe beside ears of wheat. Which detail catches your attention first? Explore the image and connect that detail with your question: gestures, shapes and contrasts open up new associations.

Scythe: interpretation

What should stop or be separated, and how can this be done proportionately and carefully?

A reading step by step

Explore the three positions of Lenormand · Jardín de Esperanza with this example. Place the images in the stated order and follow each row’s ideas. Then connect the three themes: how does the perspective change from one position to the next?

• Left · Scythe: The Scythe focuses on a bounded decision or separation.
• Centre · Whip: The Whip examines a repetition wearing down conversation.
• Right · Birds: The Birds open a theme of exchange and simultaneous voices.

History and inspiration

The British Museum preserves Das Spiel der Hofnung: a thirty-six-card game with a four-page leaflet. It forms part of the history of symbolic card games. In Lenormand · Jardín de Esperanza, relationships between neighbouring cards and each entry’s questions shape our contemporary reading approach.