My “try before you buy” Lenormand Deck is free to print-and-play for personal use.
The deck can be used:
- As a traditional 36-card Petit Lenormand deck
- As an extended 52-card Lenormand deck
- As a 36-card deck for playing games such as Durak
- As a 52-card deck for playing games such as Poker.
If you use the print-and-play cards and like them, why not treat yourself ? For just £23 (free UK delivery), you can own the deck professionally printed in full colour on both sides, on casino-grade, linen-finish playing card material with accurately rounded corners. The deck is supplied with both a clear plastic box and a Jute drawstring pouch:
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If you don’t live in the UK, then you can purchase the deck in a poker-style tuck box from the USA-based Gamecrafter print-on-demand service :
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/search?query=peter%20vodden
To acquire the print-and-play “try before you buy” version, just download the free PDF below. It contains full printing instructions and the 52 cards laid out on A4 size sheets at 8 cards per sheet:
Learning Resources
I also provide a free PDF A5-sized booklet which includes an introduction the deck, a reference for the traditional card meanings, and advice for beginners on reading the cards:
The companion booklet includes traditional meanings for the first 36 cards (corresponding to a traditional Petit Lenormand deck) plus suggested meanings for the additional 16 cards, of which some examples are shown below:
Memorising the Lenormand Cards
Also available for download is my free PDF A5-sized Booklet providing a simple system that can help aspiring Lenormand card readers who want to quickly and easily memorise the names, numbers and sequence of the Lenormand cards, and also to have a set of clues/pointers to the traditional interpretations of each card. The system covers both the traditional 36-card Petit Lenormand, and my self-published Extended Lenormand of 52 cards.
The memory system is supported by images of the associated ‘Memory Palace‘ layout which you can also download:
You are free to adapt and/or redistribute these works under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
About Lenormand Cards
Marie Lenormand is generally held to be one of the most famous and influential cartomancers of the 19th Century. Her name has since been applied to many cartomancy decks, often based on the original 36 cards of the parlor game called Das Spiel der Hoffnung (“The Game Of Hope”).
Unlike Tarot Card illustrations which often contain complex esoteric images, the Lenormand cards are illustrated using common items familiar in many western European cultures – such as a Tree, A Mountain, a Key. This is appealing to card readers who do not wish to dive deep into the hermetic knowledge encoded in Tarot.
Using the Extended Lenormand Deck
I have created the deck to be multi-functional:
- If you are just starting with Lenormand card reading, then you can find many resources on web sites that will provide an introduction and suggested cartomancy spreads. This free deck will serve you well until you (perhaps) decide to purchase a commercial quality deck.
- The deck can also be used to play traditional card games requiring either a 36-card deck, such as Durak, or a 52-card deck such as Poker.
- The deck is also ideal for inclusion in table-based role-playing games where the setting is Victorian/Edwardian Era – of which Steampunk Fantasy is just one example. It can be nice to have physical “props” to enhance your game, and Game Masters can have fun designing one or more encounters where (for example) the cards might be acquired by the players, who then gradually come to understand what the cards are and their significance to the story.
If you use the deck in any of these ways, or adapt it to some other even more imaginative purpose, I would be delighted hear about it! Contact Page.
About This Deck
The original concept for a 52-card Steampunk Oracle and all of the design and publishing work, and the themes for cards 45 through 52 are my own invention.
The idea for the themes for cards 37 through 44 were first proposed by Ciro Marchetti and his associates. I don’t suppose he will mind this, since the Lenormand community seems to me to be a generous and welcoming one – and also, I do provide a plug for his excellent products which you should check out at:
https://www.ciromarchetti.com/shop
I spent many hours developing and refining A.I. text prompts for the base artwork, which I then adapted and modified using Paint Shop to create the thematic illustrations, the card frames and borders, and the card reverse image.
IMAGE FILES
If you would like to acquire the source images for the deck, they are available as a .zip download from my Dropbox account – but please note the following:
Each image is 750 x 1050 pixels in .PNG format with a white border that serves as a bleed zone.
The folder includes two Jokers and the Card Back.
EARLIER VERSION
This is the 2025 latest version of the Lenormand Cards that I have produced. If you are looking for the original version, it remains available here:
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