I'm taking you along with me as I create a new card deck for myself. I will create it with an American Indian theme as I did once before. What is Lenormand? - check out my previous article.
This was another card that caused me a great deal of difficulty. The original card is the Ring with its meaning involving commitment - particularly that of marriage or a very strong partnership.
When we think of the RING, we think of:
For more information on what this card means, check out Lenormand1's interpretation - for combining the CARD with any other card, check out the site: Learn Lenormand
Of course, as with many European traditions, this one doesn't translate so well with more traditional tribal traditions.
Even once I found some of the different object that the tribes used for weddings, it was difficult to find a picture that had the Creative Commons licensing I needed. I also had to name my new card, and simply naming it after one of the many objects which I looked at didn't seem right... so, in the end, I decided to call it Unity - being the real goal of a marriage or major partnership. (A merger of companies would suit this card equally.)
I finally found a CC2-licensed photo of a wedding basket - as used by the Navajo/Diné and Hopi peoples. The idea is that the actual pattern of the basket shows the couple their road map to a successful wedded life together. To me, that really does embody the meaning of the Ring, so is perfectly appropriate for this card.
The second image was one of a pair of wolves to complement the whole idea behind the wedding basket.
Finally, I still required a playing card.
Here is my result when I put everything together.
(Image sources: miheco at Flickr and MaxPixel)
I really like it.
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Previous cards: 1 Rider; 2 Dreamcatcher; 3 Canoe; 4 Tipi; 5 Medicine Wheel; 6 Clouds; 7 Poison Ivy; 8 Burial; 9 Flowers; 10 Tomahawk; 11 Rattlesnake; 12 Hummingbird; 13 Child; 14 Coyote; 15 Bear; 16 Stars; 17 Butterfly; 18 Dog; 19 Pueblo; 20 Pow wow; 21 Cliff; 22 Crow; 23 Mosquito; 24 Swans
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Lori Svensen
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