Are you reading the Lenormand cards with EDs? That’s interesting, I’ve never seen anyone apply that technique. To be honest, I would find it overkill. I don’t have much use for the astrological relations with Lenormand either. I know an experienced reader who feels they don’t work — and she’s really good with horary astrology!

Thanks for sharing. I do love those cards; feel free to stop by my blog sometimes, where I write about them.

There are many ways to relate the elements to playing card (PC) suits. The most common attribution for those who read tarot is what Doug described, with Clubs=Fire, Hearts=Water, Spades=Air and Diamonds=Earth. But there are many variations on these among PC readers and authors. Hearts are most commonly attributed to water; but everything else is up for grabs. Leo Martello, for example, makes a good argument for Spades as earth. Ana Cortez, who published the Playing Card Oracles, treats diamonds as fire. And so on.

I suspect playing cards were read without any elements until the occultists came along. Also, a lot of the ideas of this blog — which center on card interactions, rather than cards as individuals — have roots in the older cartomantic methods, which used card interactions to define a reading rather than today’s common positional spreads in tarot.

I’ve been working with PC cartomancy this year, and studying a lot of older works. My current feeling is that PCs read well on their own, without elemental attributes. I also believe they should “earn” elemental attributions based on their own merits rather than adhering the tarot link. Unless, of course, one reads them as tarot minors.

Perhaps I’ll blog about this at a later date.

Thanks for the excellent information .

I really enjoy this kind of exchange all over the world. I´ll stay tuned .

That’s excellent. I look forward to reading more of your comments

I think, there IS a connection.
I´m reading the Little Lenormandcards as well using mainly the Blue Owl Deck. And I started taking care for the ED´s proposed by their playing card symbols immediately after getting knowledge of this system .
I decided that clubs are swords and spades are wands because of the aces in the man´s and woman´s card (the woman has the “fire” of the man and he has the “feelings” as well as she has – I see it like this yin-yang-symbol …).

And Douglas, thank you for reading my blog in return! I really enjoy this kind of exchange all over the world. I´ll stay tuned .

I hope you enjoy the next three posts