The Bouquet

Bouquet · No. 9 · Playing card ♠Q · Gifts, appreciation, joy

The card

A tied bouquet with the flower heads turned outward. It is the most pleasing image in the deck.

Traditional meaning

Traditionally the Bouquet is a gift, goodwill and pleasure — an unambiguously positive card.

How to read it

The Bouquet is "being treated well": receiving a gift, being appreciated, being welcome. It also covers beauty, appearance and occasions where you are presentable. Its good fortune is mild and social — it is not about great destiny, it is about someone being kind to you.

In context

Love

Being courted, receiving gifts, being valued. The sweetness of the pursuit.

Work

Being recognised, receiving thanks, or work involving beauty, fashion and hospitality.

Timing

Soon — days to a couple of weeks.

Common combinations

The Bouquet + The Rider · News or a visitor arriving with goodwill
The Bouquet + The Heart · Being loved and cherished
The Bouquet + The Snake · Surface kindness with something behind it
The Bouquet + The Fish · Receiving something of material value
The Bouquet + The Garden · Being well received socially
The Bouquet + The Ring · A proposal, or a formal gesture of intent
The Bouquet + The Mice · A gift or a kindness that comes discounted
The Bouquet + The Sun · A happy occasion with warmth in it
The Bouquet + The Child · Joy brought by a child, or plain goodwill
The Bouquet + The Lily · Kindness offered with propriety, nothing overstepping

Lenormand meanings were first written down in the instruction sheet issued around 1846 by Philippe Lenormand, heir of Marie-Anne Lenormand, and that sheet has long been in the public domain. The "Traditional meaning" section here describes the classical reading handed down from that line, in our own words — it is not a verbatim quotation of the sheet. Card images are public-domain scans of Das Spiel der Hoffnung (1799).