Under the Roses Lenormand

There are many reasons I love this deck! Ok so I’m not new to tarot or other oracle decks; I’ve been practicing for decades. I am new to Lenormand but this is the perfect deck for learning the Lenormand system & here’s why. Each Lenormand card is associated with a pip card. Lots of different styles don’t include the image of the pip but this deck includes it in a nice lil box on the corner of each card. The symbols are simple while also being beautiful. This deck also features the key word directly on the cards, so that with the little pip box make this such an excellent deck to learn on while also maintaining the beauty of the pictures under the pip. I was so drawn to these cards due to the artwork especially. The keywords do not detract from the art at all. The art gives you a beautiful feeling of haunting nostalgia in a way that’s hard for me to explain. They’re the smallest cards I own (besides Tiny Tarot) but it is SUCH evocative set of artworks! There’s also a guidebook to help you with the keywords. The original deck doesn’t come with a guidebook I believe but this one does, which is also great for learning. One of my favorite things about this deck are the optional cards for child, ladies & gentleman! That was a very thoughtful thing to include with this deck. They shuffle very smoothly. I never riffle shuffle but I expect them to riffle easily if that’s how you like to shuffle! They’re great with both horizontal & vertical overhand shuffle, I know that! The card stock is also nice. They’re smaller than standard playing card size. I’ve included a picture for reference. This deck is the one in the middle (rose on the back), with a standard size tarot card from my Intuitive Night Goddess deck on the left side (black back with white stars) & a card from my Vanessa Tarot deck, which is the size of standard playing cards on the right (purple back with blue stars) for comparison. I absolutely recommend this deck to anyone, especially if you’re just beginning to learn Lenormand like I am! But even if you’ve practiced with traditional or other Lenormand style cards, I still recommend this deck! Even just based on the feeling it gives me when looking at it & the beautiful art with the simple meanings. Hopefully you understand what I mean when I said it gives a haunting sense of nostalgia, because I mean it in a good way! It’s a beautiful little deck!

One of the most beautiful Lenormand decks I own. This is conveniently small and brings three extra cards for the child, gentleman and lady. Also, its cardstock and print are of outstanding quality. While I was making my decision to buy this deck, I read between the reviews one very racist comment. Something along the lines that “Lenormand is European, so why were there no European people on the cards.” In this day and age, to keep that mentality of what is European is this, or that, it doesn’t apply anymore. Go to France or any other country in Europe to see what being European means these days. I want to give a great shout-out to the artist who created this beautiful deck, for their art and for wanting everyone to feel identified with it. The only thing missing is a better quality box for this deck, but I store my decks in tins or hard cases. So, it’s not bad but could be better.

This is by far and away one of my most favorite Lenormand decks. It’s perfect and I love the extra man, woman and child cards! As do clients. One of my most accurate decks probably. I can tell a lot of the people who complain about size are unfamiliar with the Lenormand system and how it’s read…much like Kipper. They’re meant to be smaller as Grand Tableau spreads use all of the cards. I would recommend brushing up on those areas before leaving a bad review based solely on the size of the cards. It’s kind of unfair to the creators and consumers. I can appreciate a difference of opinion, but it’s just happening SO often from people who aren’t getting how this works at all. It’s pretty standard in size when it comes to Lenormand/Kipper cards. It’s why they’re less costly (usually). I think it’s pretty fair honestly. Then again…I have petite hands. I wouldn’t pass this deck up based on reviews about size though because this specific deck is absolutely worth it!

LOVE the "alternate" child, gentleman, and lady cards! Had I known, this would have been my first and only Lenormand deck for this reason alone. Additional great things about this deck: There's no need for extra scrutiny to discern moon from stars like in some other decks, and while the lillies card can mean sex, the whip card in this deck makes it clear which card references the act for this card designer. Some differences to note: The ring card, for me, is overpowered by the rose in the image but the beauty of the deck is unmistakable. Also, a beginning reader learning traditional card images and card titles may be thrown by the journal (book), locket (heart), and grave (coffin) cards but the more experienced reader will appreciate the contextual play and have no problem reading this deck. All in all, it's a great deck. It's earned a place as 1 of my top 3 Lenormand decks.

This is such a cute Lenormand deck. The cardstock is good and the images are great. I love having the card name on the bottom of each card making it possible to use as the bottom deck to lay a Grand Tableau on with a mini-deck on top. The cards are small so in order to use them as a base deck for a GT you must have a mini-Lenormand deck to sit on top if you want to use it as such. This deck is really a must-have for Lenormand enthusiasts.

Tanto las cartas como el librito vienen en inglés. Trae una carta que hace de "portada del mazo" y tres cartas a mayores: la dama, el caballero y la niña, que vienen con los protagonistas con piel de color. Las damas aparecen mirando a la izquierda y los caballeros a la derecha. Los cantos de las cartas son de color blanco (en mis fotos se ven en verde porque yo los he pintado) y las esquinas son redondeadas. El grosor de las cartas es adecuado (el mismo que el de una baraja de naipes normal y corriente), es decir, son lo bastante gruesas como para ser resistentes y lo bastante finas como para ser flexibles. El tamaño es prácticamente igual al de una baraja de naipes (son un chisquín más estrechas, pero muy poco; algo así como 2mm). La caja para guardarlas tiene el mismo formato que el de una baraja de naipes, pero el cartón es un poco más fino de lo normal y se deteriora con facilidad. Estas cartas, por su tamaño y su grosor, son fáciles de barajar.

Belíssimo deck! Adorei os desenhos, até o verso, as lâminas deslizam bem e ainda vem com 3 lâminas extras, homem, mulher e criança.

Great cards. My first Lenormand deck, the little white book is very blunt and to the point with little direction, and a description of each card, however most information can be found online anyway. The cards seem to be the right size for the grand tableau spread (small enough to use all 36 cards). There are words in the background of each card of the meanings, they're very blended into the background where they're not distracting but helpful at times...however on probably half the cards, the words simply cannot be read, and others you can make out 1 or 2 words if at all...great idea, but not exactly well executed. This deck comes with an extra gentleman, lady, and child cards, which can be handy. The pictures are pretty, the man and woman face left/right (which is preferred by most readers), the clouds have an obvious dark and light side...these little details make this a great deck. I was somewhat disappointed in the delivery, it said between June 11-26, with no tracking, but I didn't receive until the 30th - received packaged well and unharmed so it really wasn't a big problem. And customer service replied promptly when I contacted them.

Das Under the Roses Lenormand Deck ist mein erstes Lenormand Deck, und ich bin sehr zufrieden. Erster Eindruck: die Karten sind kleiner als erwartet, etwa so groß wie normale Pokerkarten. Dadurch eignen sich die Karten gut zum mischen. Design: die Karten sind in einer Pappschachtel eingepackt, die gerade groß genug ist, die Karten und das beigefügte Booklet zu halten. Die Schachtel ist allerdings so klein, dass es schwierig ist, die Lasche auf zu kriegen. Das Design der Schachtel ist sehr ansprechend, mit Sepia-Farben und retro Schriftzug, der auch auf den Karten zu sehen ist. Die Karten sind sehr einfühlsam gestaltet, man merkt, dass die Künstlerin mehr wrt auf Gefühl und weniger auf geradlinige, klassische Interpretation gelegt hat. Die Zeichnungen sind eher schlicht, aber gerade das ist so schön an ihnen. Wenn man die Karten vor sich hat, hat man sofort eine Verbindung zu ihnen. Zusammenfassung: + sehr schöne Karten + umfassendes Booklet + praktisches Format zum mischen und mitnehmen - sehr kleine Schachtel, die möglicherweise schnell ausleiert. - Karten kommen nicht an die Qualität von Bicycle Karten heran (obwohl ich das nicht erwartet hatte, wäre es schön gewesen, stabile und flexible Karten aus Gewebe zu haben) Insgesamt würde ich dem Deck selbst 5 Sterne geben, der Verarbeitung aber nur 4.

Bellissime carte, abbastanza robuste, disegni chiari, non troppo grandi. Sono il mio primo mazzo di Lenormad e lo adoro. Apprezzo il tema su cui son basate (il latino "sub rosa", che in inglese è un'espressione usata per indicare "segreti nascosti"), e la realizzazione è deliziosa: il retro di ogni carta ha una rosa, quindi letteralmente sveliamo i segreti che si trovano "sotto la rosa". I disegni, come dicevo, sono chiari, puliti, si capiscono immediatamente, anche mettendo sul tavolo tutt'e e 36 le carte in un Grand tableau. In alcuni casi avrei preferito che non fosse presente una figura umana, ma solo il soggetto della carta (Il Serpente raffigura una donna con un serpente, e la Frusta raffigura una donna con una frusta). Gli sfondi sono puliti, con colori neutri e molto sobri. In trasparenza, su ogni carta, sono indicate le parole chiave, un tocco molto curioso, ottimo per i principianti e non invasivo - a distanza non si vedono le scritte, e anche avvicinando la carta agli occhi bisogna sforzarsi per leggerle. Le carte sono 39, ossia le 36 classiche e altre, un uomo, una donna e una bambina neri. Amo le carte bonus, perché aiutano in caso di letture con due uomini/donne/bambini. con le carte viene un LWB, piccolino ma abbastanza completo, con chiare parole-chiave (che seguono più o meno la tradizione francese) e istruzioni sulle varie disposizioni, dalle più piccole al Grand tableau. L'unica nota che definirei negativa è che il libretto sconsiglia di fare domande a risposta "sì o no", quando è invece possibilissimo farle. Mazzo adorabile, e con cui è facile lavorare, consigliatissimo.