Lisa Hunt re-imagines the 36 traditional symbols as scenes from European fairy tales — the Coffin echoes Snow White, the Tree borrows from Jack and the Beanstalk. Painterly and narrative.
The Fairy Tale Lenormand by Lisa Hunt re-imagines the 36 traditional symbols as scenes from European fairy tales. The Rider becomes a courier from a Brothers Grimm story; the Tree borrows from Jack and the Beanstalk; the Coffin echoes Snow White's glass case; the Stork is the literal stork of the old folk belief about babies. Every card is a small storybook illustration that maps cleanly onto the Lenormand meaning while quietly nodding to a tale most readers will recognise.
The result is a deck that reads as both whimsical and serious — a working Lenormand under a layer of childhood literary memory.
Lisa Hunt's signature style: soft watercolour and pencil work, painterly figures, warm colour palettes, and the slightly ethereal quality her tarot decks are known for. The deck's visual register is closer to a children's book illustration than a modernist Lenormand, and that's the point. Hunt builds little worlds inside each card.
Each card carries the traditional number and playing-card inset on a small banner, so the deck reads cleanly in any classical Lenormand layout. The artwork supports the system rather than overshadowing it.
Readers who want their Lenormand to feel narrative and warm rather than austere or modernist. The Fairy Tale is often a popular first deck for readers coming from a literary or storytelling background, and it's particularly well-suited to readings that lean toward reflection and meaning rather than strict prediction.
If the Blue Owl feels too plain and the Maybe too dark, the Fairy Tale lands in the comfortable middle.
Standard 36 in traditional numbering. The fairy-tale references are visual flourishes; the meanings are entirely conventional Lenormand. Some readers find the storybook layer makes pairings come more naturally — Heart + Letter feels like a love letter from a story you've already half-read.
Published by U.S. Games Systems and widely stocked by metaphysical retailers. A guidebook with Hunt's notes on the fairy-tale references is included with most editions.