Lenormand Mountain Card Meaning & Combinations

21 Mountain

Depending on position, the card may take a noun (person, place or thing) or descriptive meaning (such as an adjective). Both examples are provided. The cards can also be very literal, so literal meanings, if applicable, are provided as well.

Quick hit: Barrier, obstacle, difficult, enduring or literally, wilderness

Quality: Negative

Timing: Twenty-one days, three months, the third or 21st of the month; delays, winter

Detail: The Mountain card blocks and holds back. It’s something requiring endurance or a struggle to overcome. It represents difficult, inflexible, stable or solid. It can also indicate elevated.

Compare: Compare the enduring Mountain to the fleeting Clover.

Sample Mountain Combinations:

Mountain + 1. Rider

Soon you’ll see a barrier to your progress
Something keeps the news from getting to you

Mountain + 2. Clover

There will be a small delay in your trip
That barrier to your new job was actually a good thing

Mountain + 3. Ship

There’s a problem with your overseas account
Wherever you go, your troubles seem to follow you

Mountain + 4. House

The housing market is so bad you can’t buy a house right now
You’re trying to build your financial worth but your house prevents that with all the repairs that needs

Mountain + 5. Tree

You’re struggling with your health
This obstacle has been around for a long time

Mountain + 6. Clouds

Something is holding you back but you can’t figure out what it is exactly
Your depression keeps you from moving forward in your life
A relative is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

Mountain + 7. Snake

This obstacle is going to be more difficult than expected
Someone is coming at you to create problems in your life

Mountain + 8. Coffin

You want to break up with your partner but you can’t seem to bring yourself to do it
You have a passion for mountain climbing but can’t bring yourself to tell anyone

Mountain + 9. Bouquet

Sometimes obstacles to what we want are actually gifts
You later found out that they wanted to invite you to the party but somethings got in the way
You got accepted to the university but your mother hid the acceptance letter so you had no idea

Mountain + 10. Scythe

The barrier went away as quickly as it arrived
There might be a problem with the surgery

Mountain + 11. Whip

You keep obsessing on the obstacles to your plan
You can think of 1,000 reasons why you don’t want to exercise

Mountain + 12. Birds

Something has come between that couple and they’re not talking to each other anymore
All that gossiping has cost him nothing but problems in his relationships with others

Mountain + 13. Child

They keep trying to adopt a child but run into one obstacle after another
You would think all the obstacles he ran into would help him become more mature, but they don’t

Mountain + 14. Fox

Normally he’s so clever but not in this case
She tried to do something sneaky but your friend intervened and prevented it from happening

Mountain + 15. Bear

She just didn’t feel maternal feelings toward her child
The neighborhood bully keeps him from going to school every day

Mountain + 16. Stars

It was bad advice that didn’t help the problem
The network is down

Mountain + 17. Stork

Because he didn’t get the job he wanted initially he actually found something better
A difficult birth

Mountain + 18. Dog

You’re overprotective brother keeps so many things from happening in your life but he shows no signs of stopping
A learning disability that doesn’t improve

Mountain + 19. Tower

It’s impossible to get time by yourself
Your education is creating a barrier to your ability to get hired by a corporation

Mountain + 20. Garden

The political group tried to stop the election
A group of mountains

Mountain + 22. Crossroads

Even though he said he would leave his wife, there seems to be something holding up that decision
Your best friend can’t make a decision to save her life

Mountain + 23. Mice

The police stepped in and stopped the burglary
Your best friend made sure that they couldn’t damage your reputation

Mountain + 24. Heart

Being emotionally stunted
A blockage in the physical heart

Mountain + 25. Ring

He is completely phobic about commitments
She won’t sign the contract because there’s something in it that gives her pause

Mountain + 26. Book

A reading disability
Despite his best efforts, he could not figure out her secret
Banned books

Mountain + 27. Letter

Writers block
He wanted to send her a text message but couldn’t figure out what to say

Mountain + 28. Man

A male mountaineer
A male guard
A male defence attorney

Mountain + 29. Lady

A female mountaineer
A female guard
A female defence attorney

Mountain + 30. Lily

The obstacle that held you back actually gave you peace of mind
Trying to retain one’s physical youth

Mountain + 31. Sun

It finally surfaced that he was the one creating obstacles for his best friend
Because his mother wouldn’t let him join the club, he actually found that he had more energy for other activities

Mountain + 32. Moon

She felt her intuitive skills weren’t working properly
Though he couldn’t prove it, he suspected his father was blocking his progress

Mountain + 33. Key

She was completely obsessed with climbing mountains and couldn’t think of anything else
The court action to block the adoption was a sign

Mountain + 34. Fish

He hated having so much money because it intimidated everyone and he didn’t have any friends
His finances kept him from being able to buy the house

Mountain + 35. Anchor

The barrier to her progress would not go away no matter what she did
Her job prevented her from enjoying her life

Mountain + 36. Cross

Because of his past trauma with religion, he couldn’t move forward with his spirituality
Being unable to move forward in her career was a big problem for her

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