One technique that we did not cover in the last installment of “How to Read the Grand Tableau” is something called knighting. If you’re already familiar with chess, this additional set of reading will be familiar and easy to understand for you. Though we are covering this technique as part of the Grand Tableau, it is technically possible for you to use it on a portrait lenormand spread, though having the larger amount of cards definitely makes this method more satisfying with this larger spread.
One technique that we did not cover in the last installment of “How to Read the Grand Tableau” is something called knighting. If you’re already familiar with chess, this additional set of reading will be familiar and easy to understand for you. Though we are covering this technique as part of the Grand Tableau, it is technically possible for you to use it on a portrait lenormand spread, though having the larger amount of cards definitely makes this method more satisfying with this larger spread.
In a Lenormand reading, knighting is used to discover unknown factors that are affecting the situation. For example, knighting can pinpoint things such as underlying motives, or secret desires. Discovering these during the reading can profoundly affect how you understand what is happening, and what you can do next.
As we mentioned before, if you’re familiar with how the game of chess works, you’ll find that knighting will be rather easy to do. In case you’re not familiar with chess, we created a diagram for you here to understand where a knight chess piece can move.
As you can see, there are 8 spots in total. The general rule can be summed up as this: move two spaces in any direction, and then one space in the perpendicular direction. You’re looking to basically move in a “L” shape all around you.
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Let’s imagine that the Grand Tableau spread has dealt us the following cards. We’ll go through knighting two different cards in this spread to help us gather more hidden information that we may have not known otherwise.
In this lenormand reading, say that we want to learn more about how love affects the situation. We’ll go ahead and choose the Heart card as the card we would like to knight. Since the card is on the edge of the spread, it means that we’ll only be able to get 3 additional pairs.
In this instance, the picture of one’s love life is a quite grim. The story that is starting to come together seems to paint a portrait of a relationship where there is doubt and one-sidedness, though the querent is perhaps choosing to avoid seeing this. As we stated before, knighting can reveal what is hidden, and these can be sometimes uncomfortable truths.
Say that we also want to find out more about the finances surrounding this reading. We’ll instead choose the Fish as our knighted card. With this card in a central location, we’ll be able to get all 8 pairs.
We included a few short interpretations since there were so many cards - but a story here starts to emerge as well. Perhaps this person had financial troubles in the past due to their inexperience, leading the querent to place a lot of emphasis on wealth in their later life. They may have put all their hopes around making a better living and amassing possessions, only to feel empty and lonely later on. This again may be something that the querent is not fond of recognizing in themselves.
We hope this little guide has been helpful in helping you get started with knighting. Have you ever had instances where knighting helped you discover something uncomfortable? Tell us in the comments below!