Visiting Marie Anne Lenormand in Père Lachaise Cemetery

Six years ago today, David and I visited Père Lachaise cemetery. We stopped at Oscar Wilde's tomb and the Jim Morrison shrine, but as a Lenormand reader, I first had to visit the resting place of Mademoiselle Marie Anne Lenormand.

To my great surprise, her gravesite was so well cared for and abundantly decorated with plants and flowers and cherub statuettes. 

I sat down in the cool, peaceful morning light and wrote a message for the famous sibyl of Paris and threw a few Lenormand cards—with my mini Antiquarian Lenormand that I took with me on my travels through France.

I thought about all the souls that must have stopped here through the years, since 1843, to visit her just like this.

The cards I pulled, Dog + Clover + Tree. I felt the loyal connections of the people through the years; her great niece who must have laid flowers such as these, her students, and now worldwide Lenormand peeps, like me and maybe you, who stop to say hello and merci for her legacy. ​