First Reading: When will my decks arrive?
>> Monday, April 25, 2011
Having finished reading Sylvie Steinbach's book The Secrets of the Lenormand Oracle (which I found very fascinating and exciting), I tried my hand at using her No-Layout system. I was interested in her timing system in particular and decided to test it using a simple question:
When will the Lenormand decks I ordered from Book Depository arrive?
I ordered the Blue Owl and Dondorf decks from The Book Depository last Wednesday and I was anxious to know when (and if) they'll arrive given the usual slow and flaky postal service in my country. So far I've had a positive experience with Book Depository as the tarot deck and book I ordered from them arrived last week (after more than 3 weeks).
I wasn't sure what card to "charge" to signify my Lenormand decks and after perusing the forum which suggested the Star for "computer" I decided to charge that card. These are what I drew:
scythe - stork - STAR - letters - book - cross
Stork + Star could mean my desire for the decks to be delivered soon. However I'm not sure what to make of scythe. Scythe + Stork could mean quickness and speed. These precede the charged STAR so they relate to my current desire.
Letters + Book could mean a surprise message. Will there be something unexpected happening to my decks!? Will I receive an email from Book Depository? Letters and Book don't give me any reference for a time frame so I drew another card, Cross for clarification. However this muddled me up (and worried me) further because I am now led to think that the surprise message could be worrying.
The cards still haven't answered my question of WHEN so I drew more cards, this time modifying my question to be more specific:
Will my Lenormand Decks be delivered within a month?
Crossroads - Woman - STORK - Clouds - Anchor
This time I changed my charged card to Stork to signify the delivery, not the decks. A stork makes more sense to me in terms of delivering things (or a baby!) hehe.
This time I received definite cards to signify time frames, Clouds + Anchor. Clouds could signify either June or Gemini time (May 21 - June 21). The Anchor tells me I would have to be patient and wait for a long time but that my order should arrive eventually.
The presence of the Clouds (uncertainty) bothered me so I took out my trusty tarot cards and consulted them with a simple YES-NO question. Will it arrive in June? The answer was NO. Will it arrive in May? The answer was a positive YES.
So I deduce that my ordered decks from The Book Depository should arrive in late May. It's interesting to see how this pans out. I'll find out in a month :)
UPDATE: On May 19, my Mom told me 2 packages had arrived the previous week. I thought 'Oh, it's my Lenny decks. So my prediction wasn't that accurate but close enough.' When I got home and saw the 2 packages, one was the Dondorf deck (which arrived May 19) and the other one was the Victorian Flower Oracle (arrived a week earlier). This despite having ordered the VFO one week after the Lenny decks. It came much earlier than expected. So now I was missing the Blue Owl deck but decided not to be too worried and trust that the deck would arrive between May 21-June 21. And guess what, the Blue Owl deck did arrive in the first week of June although I only got my hands on it yesterday (June 11). It took well over a month before it arrived, which is much longer than usual. Probably because the cards came all the way from Germany. Still, I'm glad the Lenormand prevented me from undue worry.
