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.
Card 17 - Butterfly
This is another card that required a lot of interpretation. The original card is the Stork. Previously, I used the Heron, but while that is definitely lucky in Native American Indian symbology, the primary focus of the Stork is change/transformation, not luck! When I looked up symbology for the word "change" we had weather (Clouds are already card no. 6), and then we had a couple of animals very well known for metamorphosis. The tadpole and then the butterfly. The rest of the meaning of the traditional Stork card seemed to fit the flitting, fleeting butterfly better than the tadpole.
When we think of the Stork, we tend to think of:
- change and transformation - but always for the better
- short trips, busy-ness and proactive actions.
- flexibility and spontaneity.
- happiness, gratefulness and security
- improvement in health or a desired pregnancy
When I think of the Butterfly, I think of:
- flitting/fleeting, always busy and always moving
- absolute transformation in the chrysalis
- happiness, beauty
- a sign of health of a garden or field
For more information on what this card means, check out Lenormand1's interpretation - for combining the Butterfly/Stork with any other card, check out the site: Learn Lenormand
For my new card, For my new card, I hit Google Images search, looking for something with CC0 (Creative Commons 0) licensing meaning that I don't always have to remember to credit someone - essential if I were to start doing paid readings with these cards.
I also had to find out which traditional playing card is associated with this card. So, here is my result:
(Butterfly image from PxHere. Image of Crazy Horse sculpture from Pixabay.)
I liked that this butterfly image emphasizes the transformative process in creating a butterfly. The sculpture of Crazy Horse also shows something that was transformed into something new and amazing.
To create the image, I first created a duplicate of each image in GIMP.
On the butterfly, I wanted to use the background, yet still have the butterfly in the foreground, so on one copy, I deleted the background.
On Crazy Horse, I decided to split the foreground from the background again, so that I could play with the opacity of the background to have it blend it with the butterfly background.
On the Crazy Horse background, I also did a 50% opacity eraser around the edges, just to blend it in better with the butterfly background.
Then, I had to add the card, text and margins.
I really like the result.
Note: Readings are entertainment only (legally). You are in charge of your own destiny.
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;
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Lori Svensen
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