Lenormand Grand Tableau: How to?I have been asked by a few friends about how I do it which system I follow and what techniques I incorporate. I do not follow any particular system, what I do is a mix of techniques which I have learnt over time. I did my first Grand Tableau spread in August and it was focused on one area and also covered a period of Four months. After that I also started doing one Grand Tableau for each month for practice. Initially there was TOO much going on, too much to take in, too much to handle, so many cards, so many combinations, the stories did not make any sense, it was a mess. However, with the passage of time and trying different techniques, I did learn a lot (and still am) about different methods and different techniques. I use a 8x4 +4 system. I never even tried that 9x4 system, although this is the spread used by Iris Treppner in her course. This Grand Tableau was not dated in my Journal but its from sometime around August 2011. It was done generally so it covers a time of 3-6 months. The Cut: Andy has generously provided us this technique in which we cut the deck three times from left to right and peek at the bottom card. These three cards are the root of the tableau and are always important. The Four Corners: I start off with the corners as the main, highlight, theme, significant event etc of the month. Card 1 + 32 and 8+25. Then 1+25 and 8+32 for extra information. This is what usually occupies me during the month. but grounded. Anchor + Clover = Small work. of Tree. Past. Looking back continuously Extreme bottom = Too much on head/shoulders. The House lady is in (for me. is my general "mood" for the month. Extreme top= totally in control I have been in all the four extremes mentioned above and I have learnt the above lessons from experience. spiritual and emotional well being. the house it is in and whats its position with respect to the spread. too much thoughts and regrets of pasts haunted me. some suffering which will happen for good reasons. I'd say I'll rather be friendly.Example: Anchor + Moon = emotional stability Coffin + Clover = some lucky transformation. in high spirits. suffering Locating the significator: Next I look at the Lady card. These blockages were of complicated nature but I overcame them and reached the spot where I was feeling optimistic. Present. Future: Look at the cards surrounding Lady. future-oriented Extreme right = Pre-occupied with thoughts. Example: In past there have been some blockages and they were making me feel stuck. and to the right is the future. With Dog in house 29.With me in house 5 of long term goals. so looking forward to new things in life.To the left is the past. Example: Lady is in house 5. and Dog in house 29. In future there are some troubles which will lead me to cut off quickly from whatever was causing the pain. regrets. Last month I was at extreme left. Extreme Left= Looking forward to something nicer this month. I will learn to be trustful and friendly. I have some learning to do. Diagonals: . things from past. This month I was at extreme right. It tells me my orientation for the month and also the card which is in house 29. some growth. for men it would be Man card 28) is very important. some stability or stagnation for good Coffin + Moon = emotional pain. helpful and trustful this month. Here comes an important thing about diagonals. Man for your significant other. 1. the cards above are what is in my head. Book for studies.Look at other cards to see whats going on in those areas. 3.g Heart for Love. The Column I'm in is my present situation. 5. for rest of explanation please refer to first spread given at the top. 28-Man is the most important man for that time in your life. Miscellaneous matters: Back to original spread given at top. Look at the cards . Ring for your marriage if you are married or in a long-term relationship. The cards below Lady is what is in my control. This spread is for explaining this timeline only. 6. what I'm thinking or bothered about. You are going in a clockwise direction and along a timeline. 4. Left Lower diagonal: Farthest past Line behind Lady : Farther Past Left Upper Diagonal: Recent Past Right Upper diagonal: Immediate future Line to right : Farther future Right Lower diagonal : Farthest future GT for April 2012. I have learnt this from Andy's blog and this says: Diagonals to left of Lady is Past and to right is the future.For these you can use standard cards for that area e. 2. He lost his mother shortly after the spread (Coffin in house of Coffin). there will be a happy union. It is a classic method from Iris Treppner's course in which you make combinations as if you were folding the Grand Tableau horizontally and vertically. In house of Man is Clouds.Key . Next to Heart is Ring . Example: Heart is in house of Key. can be father. he is ill or going through some pain. A fellow member on the forum mentioned this technique and it works excellently for me. e. Example: When I did this draw I was single. a change is definitely coming. Tower .Heart for love. (and what is what). If Ring and Heart are close by. The House is closer. Who is who? (and what is what?) Another successful and better alternative to the above mentioned method is shuffling the deck and asking which card is person X in this spread? This will give you a much better result. someone Tall (all of us are really tall). In house of Heart is House. or a brother. Coffin. going through a rough period. it can be a family member. sometimes its a hunch or one particular card tells you its him. He is in house of Bear.surrounding him to see who it is referring to. Lets look at Man card to see who he is. not shortly after the spread but within three months. He had a surgery for anal fissure (Scythe in house of Snake) shortly after this spread. Sometimes we cannot say for sure if that is the new boy-friend. You do not have to guess and second guess your theories about who is who.Storks. Similarly. He was dealing with too much at that time and all the cards are pointing to that. more combinations can be used by: Card 1+ Card 32 Card 2+ Card 31 . For vertical: Card 1+ Card 25 Card 2 + Card 26 Card 3+ Card 27 and so on. Reflection and Mirroring: Next step is reflection and mirroring. I would say its my father. Love is coming my way or I will find a way to unlock my emotions. so there is comfort. he is in trouble. Similarly lets look at 24.g Card 1 + card 8 Card 2 + card 7 Card 3 + Card 6 Keep going like with each row. Well it did. I did a separate post here. counting five cards from Lady (Lady card is number 1).Tower>> 1-2-3-4>>5 . The Fours: I have used this techniques and it works very well for me. This techniques tells you to pick up a card as yoru significator (Lady/Man for individual.Ring . what your current thoughts are. Ring. Treppner says count five. Ship is the house of longings and so on. I choose Lady.Lilies . Lady. I'm not used to knighting as of yet but some people do that. Houses are further explained here. Treppner suggesta technique. and the fifth card is my card to be included in story Lady >> 1-2-3-4>> 5-Rider>> 1-2-3-4->>5. If you put cards in original numerological order starting with Rider in position 1 and Cross in position 36. Heart for love.Card 3+ Card 30 Card 9 + Card 24 Card 10 + Card 23 You can learn more and more about each card using reflection.This way you will know what is going on in each area. For that. right? Lady . Although the surrounding cards in a spread expalin everything. Book for project etc) and then count a specific number of cards from that cards and make up a story.Rider . Knighting: This was a really extensive topic which required detailed examples. so naturally I count five.Lilies and so on you get it. I will not explain that here because I do not do it.House . You can do the same for any significator card in your spread. mirroring and knighting. Each position in the spread is associated with a card. You pick up every fourth card in the . Anchor etc.Dog . Rider is first house. what is coming . therefore. Book. this is the houses reference for that. Clover is where you are lucky. Heart.Tower . Houses: Next step is houses.Snake Lady is receiving a news from an important man who brings her comfort and this is a friend in a relationship which is complicated. Counting: This is another very very useful technique I learnt. sometimes we need a clearer and concise answer. Child. spread and shuffle it. If I get clover. I am getting money.. e. then yes. To be Continued.. put one card on top of Fish and interpret accordingly. Now out of those 9 cards you picked up. .g Will I get any money? The Fish is my significator.g my question would be? What should I be warned about (Fox)? and put three out of those 9 cards on fox card and interpret. Now think of a question. Who can help in the project (Book)? and three cards to answer this question What kind of news will I receive (Letter)? and the remaining three cards to answer this. e. utilizing all 9 cards in 3 questions. I usually pose 3 important questions and use 3 cards to answer each.