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Bouquet

A bouquet is a mixed bunch. It is a collection of flowers which suggests a diverse group of people, or mixed interests.

A bouquet is special and often creatively put together. We see bouquets at weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and funerals. The meaning is carried over twice at such events. A mixed bunch of people come together, with mixed bunches of flowers. And yet, it is the range of ages, sexes, classes, nationalities, backgrounds – which makes the end results so successful. It all works.

The Language of Flowers

‘Say it with flowers’ is correct. The historic language of flowers (with meaning attached to different varieties) is part of this card. And a bouquet always sends a message. It can be a comment on how rich and generous the sender is, or perhaps – they are strapped for cash.

In Victorian times, a nosegay was a ‘talking bouquet.’ So was a tussie-mussie. Lovers used flowers to communicate their feelings. A chamomile was code for patience, for example.

When you draw this card, you are being told that a collection of people (like a family, or a trade union, or a chamber orchestra) is diverse and rather special. Grand or modest, rare or commonplace, this bunch sends a message.

Appearances can say a lot. They do with this card. A bouquet says ‘I care’ or ‘I love you’. In hospital, flowers can say ‘Get well soon.’ And again, on a ward, you have a handpicked but very different selection of nurses, doctors and patients, cleaners and visitors.

Free or Costly?

A bouquet, if you are good at flower arranging, can be free. You can pick flowers from your garden and present them with a flourish. Society florists with rare blooms will charge a high price. This card immediately raises questions about value and worth. Is this group of people on a budget? Are they supermarket flower people? Or are we talking about the aristocracy or royalty?

Literally, a Bouquet

The Modern Lenormand Oracle also works on a basic level. If you are asking what you will receive for your birthday this year, you are being told to expect a flower arrangement.

Creating and Constructing

The other message with this card is that any really successful and popular arrangement has to be thoughtfully put together. If you rush it; if you don’t put much care into the finished results – it will show. The bouquet will still be a bouquet but perhaps a disappointing one. Or, one that does not match up to other bouquets.

There is a definite reward for calculation and skill here. It takes experience, too, to be able to put together something which suits a budget, be it big or small.

Strategy and craftsmanship pay off with Bouquet. Expertise and patience can be of lasting benefit, as although the flowers may begin to wilt eventually, the impact of a particular bouquet lives on forever in memories and also in photographs.