Child and Woman Combination in Lenormand

In this order the leading theme is the new beginning, and Woman qualifies it as belonging to a specific person. Child shows the fresh start, youth, sincerity and something small, while Woman, as a significator, is filled by that content. Together the cards read like this: before you is either a young, naive woman, or the adult heroine of the spread at the point of a new beginning. It may be her fresh start in some matter, a feeling only just born, a daughter or younger relative, sometimes a mother in connection with a child. Woman herself is neutral, so Child gives her a tone of youth and freshness: the heroine carries herself openly, sincerely, in a young way, with trust and curiosity. This has a cautious side too: behind the freshness may hide inexperience or naivety. The combination says that the woman in the spread stands at the beginning of something new and looks at it with open eyes.

In feelings the new beginning takes the lead, and Woman shows whom it concerns. Child speaks of freshness, sincerity and the first shy steps, while Woman points to a specific heroine: a partner, one who may become one, or a young woman nearby. For a man this is his woman at the point of a new, barely started feeling, sincere and open, but still inexperienced in this relationship. For the querent herself it is her own fresh start in love. The combination paints a warm, young coming together in which the heroine reaches for the new trustingly and without calculation, and the one thing that matters is not to mistake naivety for weakness.

In practical matters the fresh start leads, and Woman shows who stands behind it. Child points to a young undertaking, a first step, a recent project, while Woman ties it to a specific person: it may be a young employee, a beginning specialist or the querent herself at the start of a new matter. The heroine here is only entering the field, acting sincerely and with interest, but lacking experience. In finances the combination speaks of a small, newly begun matter of a woman: a first earning, a starting step, a modest but new undertaking. Such a start is best supported with attention rather than pressure.

If the cards fall the other way and Woman comes first, the heroine, the specific person, takes the lead, and Child only lends her a shade of youth or new beginning. The accent then shifts from the theme of beginnings to the woman herself, whom Child describes as young, naive or standing before something new. This reversal is covered in detail on its own page, Woman and Child, where the leading theme is the person, and Child fills in her portrait with youth and freshness.

Meet this woman's new beginning with warmth and without pressure. In this order the heroine stands at the point of a fresh start and looks at it openly, so she needs support and space, not strict control. Do not confuse her sincerity with naivety, and do not demand experience where everything is only just starting. Let the young beginning grow firm, and maturity will show through the openness.