Lenormand card 22, Crossroads (Paths) (Chemins), French edition c. 1895–1901
CHEMINS · Geûens-Sea, Bruges · BnF

Card 22 / 36

Crossroads (Paths) ทางแยก

Playing card
Q♦ Diamonds
Tone in the original text
Depends on position
Other names
Chemins (FR) · Wege (DE)

Keywords

  • choice
  • options
  • decision
  • alternatives
  • separation of ways

In a modern reading

A decision with two or more possible directions. It shows that there are options and that a choice has to be made. [13][14][11]

Text on the 19th-century card

Printed on a French Petit Lenormand (Geûens-Sea, Bruges, c. 1895–1901), Bibliothèque nationale de France [1]

Entourée de nuages est signe de malheurs, mais si cette carte est loin de la personne il y a des voies ou des moyens que nous trouverons pour échapper à un danger.

Original French

Surrounded by clouds it is a sign of misfortune, but if this card is far from the person there are ways or means we will find to escape a danger.

Translation

As a house in the Grand Tableau

Position 22 of the Grand Tableau is the House of the Crossroads (Paths). A card that falls here is read in the context of choice, options, decision.[15][16]