Lenormand Card Meanings

22. The Crossroads

Interpreting The Crossroads

The Crossroads is the twenty-second card of the Lenormand and symbolises choices. It appears in a reading when you have reached a fork in the road and you need to make a decision. There can be no compromise or middle way with The Crossroads – once you pick a path, there is no turning back.

Even when you aren’t facing an obvious decision, The Crossroads can appear when there is another route available to you. It is a card of options, alternatives and possibilities. The cards that appear on either side of The Crossroads can shed light on your options.

The Crossroads can indicate an impasse. You may feel stuck between a rock and a hard place with no way out. However, when The Crossroads appears, you always have options.

The Crossroads as a Person

The Crossroads describes someone who is indecisive and non-committal. They may be a drifter and prefer to take the road less travelled. It can also represent someone who is unfaithful or two-faced.

Physically, The Crossroads can describe someone with long limbs. Associated with the Queen of Diamonds playing card, The Crossroads can signify a female.

The Crossroads can signify someone who is the “go between” for other people, so it can represent a mediator or negotiator. It can also describe someone with multiple jobs or side hustles. The Crossroads represents anyone whose work is connected to roads, whether that be a council worker or a truck driver.

The Crossroads as a Place

As a place, The Crossroads signifies an intersection on a road, path or trail.

The Crossroads as an Object

As an object, The Crossroads can represent a fork or other utensil, traffic lights, or a street sign.

The Crossroads as Advice

As an advice card, The Crossroads encourages you to make a final decision. It appears in a reading to let you know that there is no middle ground available and that you must make a choice before you can move forward. It can also indicate a time to look at all your options and consider taking an alternative, and perhaps less obvious, route.