Lenormand Card Meanings

13. The Child

Interpreting The Child

The Child is the thirteenth card of the Lenormand and symbolises new beginnings. It represents fresh starts and new ventures. It can signify a child, a dependant, or someone who is childlike or immature. When The Child appears in a reading, it can indicate a need to approach things with childlike enthusiasm and to adopt a beginner’s mindset.

The world is simpler through the eyes of a child, so this card can appear when things are unnecessarily complicated and when a simplified approach would be better suited. The Child can also describe anything that is small in size or low to the ground. The Child is the learner of the Lenormand, and it can represent a need to start something new and to take baby steps before you try to run full steam ahead.

The Child as a Person

The Child represents someone who is innocent, shy, naïve, and trusting. They are fun and playful, but they may be quite immature. The Child can also describe someone who is a beginner and is lacking in experience.

Physically, The Child can represent a baby, a child, or a young person. It can describe someone short or petite, with a young face.

The Child can signify a childcare worker, teacher, paediatrician or youth worker.

The Child as a Place

The Child can symbolise a daycare, school, nursery, playground, toy store, or a child’s bedroom or playroom.

The Child as an Object

As an object, The Child signifies toys or anything associated with children.

The Child as Advice

As an advice card, The Child suggests that you should look at a situation with a fresh perspective. It asks you to let go of judgments and preconceptions, and to try and see things through a child’s eyes. It may indicate a need to simplify things and to take small steps forward. The Child may also appear in a reading to advise that you are thinking too small or that you may be acting prematurely.