23. Mice ♣7 – Negative
Key Phrase: Losing Something in Anxiety
Loss, theft, destruction, lack, reduction, stress, troubles, infectious disease, details. Losing, stressful, contagious. Mice have the habit of stealing things, so in Lenormand, the mice card may indicate loss of items, theft, or financial loss. The gems and rotten apples convey greed and gluttony. Mice wearing bird-beak masks evoke the plague—the Black Death. In this state, under the black shadow, many mice with scarlet eyes are hidden. Cooperation, gnawing, consumption, and disease form the basic tone of this card. The apple is food and a fruit of wisdom, also the “heart,” gnawed and wilting. The “tablecloth” below is a corner of traditional clothing. It has decayed. Our heart and land, our splendid clothing, everything representing material and spiritual aspects, are being gnawed and coveted. Among the mice is one with a foot ring related to humans—perhaps once a pet mouse, but now it is no longer our friend.
Places: Dark or hidden places, storage areas.
Timing: Dates associated with 23.