Bare Bones Lenormand -
Jennifer Belanger, Intuitive Practitioner & Spirt Medium
Bare Bones Lenormand
The Complete Set: Books One, Two, Three, and the Workbook
Learn the cards. Understand their essence. Let the story reveal itself.
Bare Bones Lenormand grew from a simple idea:
You do not need to memorize hundreds of card combinations to learn to read Lenormand.
You need to understand the cards.
You need to understand their Core Essence, their Natural Behaviors, and what each card contributes to the story. Then you need to learn how those cards work together.
That is what Bare Bones Lenormand is about.
It is a practical approach to learning Lenormand by understanding the cards themselves rather than trying to memorize endless combinations. When you know the cards, understand how they behave, and learn how they speak to one another, something begins to happen:
The cards begin to tell you a story.
Book One
Bare Bones Lenormand — Book One
Learn the Cards
Book One takes you through all 36 Lenormand cards and introduces their Core Essence—the central idea and contribution each card brings to a reading.
Rather than overwhelming you with endless lists of meanings, Book One focuses on understanding what each card naturally contributes and developing a relationship with the cards themselves.
You do not need to memorize everything a card could mean.
You need to understand what the card is at its core.
Once you understand that, its meaning can unfold naturally within a reading.
Best for: Beginners, returning readers, and anyone who wants a clear, intuitive foundation in the 36 Lenormand cards.
📖 Paperback — Amazon
Purchase Book One on Amazon
Book Two
Bare Bones Lenormand — Book Two
Learn the Story
Knowing the individual cards is only the beginning.
Book Two takes the next step: learning how cards work together to create a story.
You will learn how to work with:
The goal is to understand what each card contributes, notice how the cards affect one another, and allow the surrounding cards to build the story.
Because the cards are not isolated meanings.
They are a conversation.
Best for: Readers who know the individual cards and want to become more confident combining them into clear, connected interpretations.
📖 Paperback — Amazon
Purchase Book Two on Amazon
Book Three
Bare Bones Lenormand — Book Three
Putting It All Together: The Grand Tableau
The Grand Tableau is where everything changes.
All 36 cards are on the table.
The entire Lenormand world is there.
In Book Three, you step into the Grand Tableau and begin exploring the many layers of information available in a full 36-card reading.
You will explore the Grand Tableau and the techniques that help you see more of what the cards are showing you: relationships, patterns, movement, and the additional layers that emerge when all 36 cards work together.
This includes:
***Paperback recommended for Book Three: Because Book Three teaches the Grand Tableau through full-layout examples and visual references, the paperback is recommended for the easiest study experience. The Kindle edition is also available for readers who prefer a portable digital reference***
The Bare Bones Practice Workbook
Practice, Practice, and Practice Some More
You have learned the cards. You have learned how they work together. Now it is time to practice.
The Bare Bones Practice Workbook is designed to accompany Books One, Two, and Three and give you the opportunity to work directly with what you have learned.
This is not another book of card meanings.
It is a place to practice.
Through guided exercises, you will work with Natural Behaviors, Contribution to the Story, card relationships, and the way meaning develops when cards speak together.
The goal is not simply to find the “right answer.”
It is to become familiar enough with the system that you can stop forcing an interpretation and begin listening to what the cards are actually revealing.
The workbook also uses the full 36-card Grand Tableau as a visual teaching environment, allowing you to see smaller structures—such as pairs, lines, and 3×33 \times 33×3 spreads—within the larger tableau.
Then comes the Grand Tableau.
The Workbook is where you learn to listen.
Best for: Anyone using the Bare Bones Lenormand books who wants structured exercises and hands-on practice.
📖 Paperback — Amazon
Purchase the Workbook on Amazon
💻 Digital PDF — Payhip
Purchase the Digital PDF Workbook on Payhip
The Bare Bones Approach-
There is a philosophy behind all of this: Learn the system.
Know the cards.
Understand their essence.
Learn what they naturally do.
Learn what they contribute.
Learn how they speak to one another.
And then give them room to speak.
Whether I am working with Tarot, Lenormand, Kipper, oracle cards, or connecting through mediumship, my approach is the same: I listen for what is being revealed.
I do not believe the reader needs to force the message.
The cards are not waiting for you to tell them what the story is.
They are already telling you.
The more you know the system, the easier it becomes to recognize what you are seeing.
And when you become still enough to listen, the story can reveal itself.
The Complete Set: Books One, Two, Three, and the Workbook
Learn the cards. Understand their essence. Let the story reveal itself.
Bare Bones Lenormand grew from a simple idea:
You do not need to memorize hundreds of card combinations to learn to read Lenormand.
You need to understand the cards.
You need to understand their Core Essence, their Natural Behaviors, and what each card contributes to the story. Then you need to learn how those cards work together.
That is what Bare Bones Lenormand is about.
It is a practical approach to learning Lenormand by understanding the cards themselves rather than trying to memorize endless combinations. When you know the cards, understand how they behave, and learn how they speak to one another, something begins to happen:
The cards begin to tell you a story.
Book One
Bare Bones Lenormand — Book One
Learn the Cards
Book One takes you through all 36 Lenormand cards and introduces their Core Essence—the central idea and contribution each card brings to a reading.
Rather than overwhelming you with endless lists of meanings, Book One focuses on understanding what each card naturally contributes and developing a relationship with the cards themselves.
You do not need to memorize everything a card could mean.
You need to understand what the card is at its core.
Once you understand that, its meaning can unfold naturally within a reading.
Best for: Beginners, returning readers, and anyone who wants a clear, intuitive foundation in the 36 Lenormand cards.
📖 Paperback — Amazon
Purchase Book One on Amazon
Book Two
Bare Bones Lenormand — Book Two
Learn the Story
Knowing the individual cards is only the beginning.
Book Two takes the next step: learning how cards work together to create a story.
You will learn how to work with:
- Two-card combinations
- Three-card lines
- Five-card lines
- The 3×33×3 box spread
- Card contribution
- The center of a line or spread
- Overlapping pairs
- Repeated themes
- The question as the direction of the reading
The goal is to understand what each card contributes, notice how the cards affect one another, and allow the surrounding cards to build the story.
Because the cards are not isolated meanings.
They are a conversation.
Best for: Readers who know the individual cards and want to become more confident combining them into clear, connected interpretations.
📖 Paperback — Amazon
Purchase Book Two on Amazon
Book Three
Bare Bones Lenormand — Book Three
Putting It All Together: The Grand Tableau
The Grand Tableau is where everything changes.
All 36 cards are on the table.
The entire Lenormand world is there.
In Book Three, you step into the Grand Tableau and begin exploring the many layers of information available in a full 36-card reading.
You will explore the Grand Tableau and the techniques that help you see more of what the cards are showing you: relationships, patterns, movement, and the additional layers that emerge when all 36 cards work together.
This includes:
- Knighting
- Mirroring
- Diagonals
- Distance and proximity
- Houses
- Card numbering
- Significators
- Timing
- Synthesis
- And the many additional ways an experienced reader can explore the Grand Tableau
- Best for: Readers ready to deepen their Lenormand practice and work with the full 36-card tableau.
- 📖 Paperback — Amazon
***Paperback recommended for Book Three: Because Book Three teaches the Grand Tableau through full-layout examples and visual references, the paperback is recommended for the easiest study experience. The Kindle edition is also available for readers who prefer a portable digital reference***
The Bare Bones Practice Workbook
Practice, Practice, and Practice Some More
You have learned the cards. You have learned how they work together. Now it is time to practice.
The Bare Bones Practice Workbook is designed to accompany Books One, Two, and Three and give you the opportunity to work directly with what you have learned.
This is not another book of card meanings.
It is a place to practice.
Through guided exercises, you will work with Natural Behaviors, Contribution to the Story, card relationships, and the way meaning develops when cards speak together.
The goal is not simply to find the “right answer.”
It is to become familiar enough with the system that you can stop forcing an interpretation and begin listening to what the cards are actually revealing.
The workbook also uses the full 36-card Grand Tableau as a visual teaching environment, allowing you to see smaller structures—such as pairs, lines, and 3×33 \times 33×3 spreads—within the larger tableau.
Then comes the Grand Tableau.
The Workbook is where you learn to listen.
Best for: Anyone using the Bare Bones Lenormand books who wants structured exercises and hands-on practice.
📖 Paperback — Amazon
Purchase the Workbook on Amazon
💻 Digital PDF — Payhip
Purchase the Digital PDF Workbook on Payhip
The Bare Bones Approach-
There is a philosophy behind all of this: Learn the system.
Know the cards.
Understand their essence.
Learn what they naturally do.
Learn what they contribute.
Learn how they speak to one another.
And then give them room to speak.
Whether I am working with Tarot, Lenormand, Kipper, oracle cards, or connecting through mediumship, my approach is the same: I listen for what is being revealed.
I do not believe the reader needs to force the message.
The cards are not waiting for you to tell them what the story is.
They are already telling you.
The more you know the system, the easier it becomes to recognize what you are seeing.
And when you become still enough to listen, the story can reveal itself.