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Venelestis Naturalis Lenormand
Card List and Notes
1 – Rider – Acer platanoides – Maple
The seed pod is specifically evolved for movement, traveling with the wind, symbolizing messages and progress.
2 – Clover – Trifolium repens – White clover
This card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
3 – Ship – Nautilus pompilius – Chambered nautilus
The nautilus shell resembles the shape of a ship and is the namesake of the famous submarine, symbolizing travel and journey.
4 – House – Pagurus bernhardus – Hermit crab
Carries its home everywhere it goes, representing security, stability, and domestic matters.
5 – Tree – Quercus robur – English oak
The oak is the archetype of a tree, symbolizing health, growth, and longevity.
6 – Clouds – Gossypium hirsutum – Cotton
The cotton fruit resembles clouds. Cotton is used to make clothes that cover our bodies, hiding vulnerability, just like clouds cover the sky.
7 – Snake – Vipera berus – European adder
This card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
8 – Coffin – Scarabaeus sacer – Scarab beetle
Associated with ancient funerary rites, symbolizing endings, transformation, and cycles.
9 – Flowers – Rosa damascena – Damask rose
The queen of flowers; this card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
10 – Scythe – Mantis religiosa – Praying mantis
Its arms resemble a scythe, used for food and combat, symbolizing sudden decisions, cutting away, and harvest.
11 – Whip – Flagellaria indica – Whipvine
Historically used as a whip, symbolizing conflict, repetition, or discipline.
12 – Birds – Hirundo rustica – Barn swallow
Archetypal bird representing communication, gossip, and social connections.
13 – Child – Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion
The seed detaches from the flower head to travel far and start a new life, symbolizing beginnings, innocence, and curiosity.
14 – Fox – Dionaea muscipula – Venus flytrap
Uses scent and pheromones to lure insects into its trap. Symbolizes cunning, deception, entrapment, and survival, reflecting the card’s traditional meaning while staying in a natural theme.
15 – Bear – Ursus arctos – Brown bear
This card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
16 – Stars – Illicium verum – Star anise
The fruit resembles a star, symbolizing hope, guidance, inspiration, and destiny.
17 – Stork – Ciconia ciconia – White stork
This card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
18 – Dog – Canis familiaris – Czechoslovakian Wolfdog
This card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
19 – Tower – Carnegiea gigantea – Saguaro cactus
A tall, solitary cactus with thorns, symbolizing isolation, structure, ego, and protection.
20 – Garden – Apis cerana – Eastern honey bee
The honeycomb is to bees what gardens are to humans—a place to live, socialize, produce food, and grow.
21 – Mountain – Formica rufa – Red wood ant
The ant and its anthill symbolize obstacles, challenges, and endurance.
22 – Crossroads – Clavaria zollingeri – Violet coral fungus
Represents diverging paths, choices, and the need to decide direction.
23 – Mice – Mus musculus – House mouse
This card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
24 – Heart – Dicentra spectabilis – Bleeding heart
The flower resembles a heart, symbolizing love, affection, and emotional connection.
25 – Ring – Hippocrepis comosa – Horseshoe vetch
The flowers form the shape of a ring, resembling a flower crown, symbolizing commitments, partnerships, and cycles.
26 – Book – Cyperus papyrus – Papyrus
Historically used to create paper and hold knowledge, symbolizing learning, secrets, and wisdom.
27 – Letter – Oliva sayana – Lettered olive
The shell resembles a scroll with writing, symbolizing messages, communication, and correspondence.
28 – Man – Dynastes hercules – Hercules beetle
The robust beetle symbolizes masculinity, strength, and assertiveness.
29 – Lady – Coccinella magnifica – Scarce seven-spot ladybird
Traditionally associated with the fiminine. Symbolizes femininity, nurturing, but fierce and protective qualities.
30 – Lily – Lilium candidum – Madonna lily
This card remains unchanged from the original Lenormand system.
31 – Sun – Rudbeckia hirta – Black-eyed Susan
The flowers resemble the Sun, symbolizing vitality, success, and clarity.
32 – Moon – Actias luna – Luna moth
Represents night, intuition, emotions, and longing, named directly after the moon.
33 – Key – Primula pauciflora – Alpine primrose
The flower resembles a key, symbolizing unlocking potential, solutions, and revelations.
34 – Fish – Salmo salar – Atlantic salmon
Represents wealth, abundance, and flow. This card remains aligned with traditional associations.
35 – Anchor – Mobula birostris – Giant oceanic manta ray
A pre-historic deep-sea creature whose shape resembles an anchor, symbolizing stability, security, and grounding.
36 – Cross – Araneus diadematus – Cross orbweaver
A spider with a cross on its back represents burden, indoctrination, entrapment, and suffering.
What kind of deck is the Naturalis Lenormand?
The Venelestis Naturalis Lenormand is a nature-focused reimagining of the traditional Lenormand system. It keeps the method and symbolism of classical Lenormand intact, while putting natural wisdom and magic at the forefront. In short, this is the deck for nature lovers, combining the universal archetypes of Lenormand with the beauty and symbolism of plants, fungi, insects, and animals.
This deck takes the interpretation method of classical Lenormand and strips it of human-made elements, showing that archetypes and universal symbols can be found in nature. Each card has been carefully selected to maintain the original system’s meaning while inviting readers to explore metaphorical and symbolic connections beyond the standard archetypes.
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Deck Philosophy
The Venelestis Naturalis Lenormand invites you to explore symbolic and associative reading through plants, fungi, and animals, offering both beginners and experienced readers a fresh perspective on a classic system.
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Beginners will learn to read combinations of numbers and card titles while connecting to the metaphorical and symbolic world of nature.
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Experienced readers will discover new perspectives within a well-established system, with more room for personal intuition.
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This deck is perfect for everyday, mundane readings as well as gentle spirit communication, especially with natural spirits, as it depicts organisms that are present in their sphere.
The deck is designed to be interpreted on face value. You can take in the combination of number, card title, Latin species name, shape, color, and any pre-existing knowledge about the depicted species to create meaningful readings.
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Reading With Venelestis Naturalis
The Venelestis Naturalis Lenormand does not require botanical, zoological, or folkloric expertise to be used correctly. It follows the traditional Lenormand structure: numbers, titles, and combinations remain the primary carriers of meaning. However, the natural subjects invite an additional layer of interpretation for those who wish to engage with it.
Readers may choose to read purely by traditional meanings, or allow the depicted species to add nuance through shape, behavior, habitat, life cycle, or personal associations. The deck supports both approaches equally. This makes it suitable for structured, method-based readings as well as exploratory, intuitive dialogue with the cards.
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Why a Nature-Based Lenormand
Lenormand is a system rooted in observation, pattern recognition, and everyday symbolism. Venelestis Naturalis extends this logic to the natural world, suggesting that the same archetypal forces reflected in human life are already present in plants, fungi, and animals. Homes are carried, messages travel, obstacles accumulate, cycles repeat, and bonds form — long before they are named by people.
By removing human-made objects and figures, this deck shifts the reader’s attention toward natural processes and living systems. It invites a quieter, less anthropocentric form of divination, without abandoning the clarity and precision that Lenormand is known for.
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