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'''Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand''' (1772–1843), also known as '''Marie Anne Le Normand''', was a French bookseller, necromancer, fortune-teller and cartomancer of considerable fame during the Napoleonic era. Lenormand was highly influential on the wave of French [[cartomancy]] that began in the late 18th century.

==Early life==
Lenormand was born on 27 May 1772 in Alençon, Normandy, to Jean Louis Antoine Lenormand, a draper, and Marie Anne Lenormand (''née'' Gilbert). Lenormand was orphaned at the age of five and educated in a convent school. Lenormand left Alençon for Paris in 1786.

==Career==
Lenormand claimed to have given [[divination|divinatory]] advice to many famous persons, among them leaders of the French Revolution (Marat, Robespierre, and St-Just), Empress Josephine and Tsar Alexander I.

She claimed to have been imprisoned during the Revolution with the future Empress Josephine and it was during their time in prison that they became friends and she started her service as a fortune-teller.

In 1814 Lenormand started a second literary career and published many texts, causing many public controversies, and was active as an author for more than 40 years.

==Death==
Lenormand died in Paris on 25 June 1843 at the age of 71 and was buried in Division 3 of Père Lachaise Cemetery.

She left behind a fortune of 500,000 Francs, and left no heirs other than a nephew who, at the time of her death, was in the army. A devout [[Christianity|Catholic]], her nephew burned all of her [[occult]] paraphernalia, taking only the monetary fortune that she left behind.

==Legacy==
After Lenormand's death, her name was used on several [[cartomancy]] decks. This included a deck of 36 illustrated cards known as the Petit Lenormand, or simply "Lenormand cards," still used extensively today. It is commonly used for [[divination]] in France, the Low Countries, Central Europe, the Balkans, and Russia. It eventually spread to Brazil, probably through European and Russian emigres.

In his book, ''[[The Key to the Tarot]]'', author [[A.E. Waite]] compared Lenormand to [[The High Priestess]] card in the [[tarot]], saying that she was "full of intuitions and revelations."

The [[Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen Tarot]] by [[Travis McHenry]], depicts Lenormand as the [[Queen of Wands]].

==Bibliography==

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