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Anchor in Coffee Grounds: What It Means
An anchor in the coffee grounds is a sign of your search for steadiness - whatever holds you in place right now, and whether you feel it as a firm footing or as a weight you carry. The grounds don't foretell your fate, and in the anchor you read what is on your mind now.
First layer · what tradition says
What the folk omen says
The anchor is a kind sign of steadiness in the old readings: solid work, a footing that holds, a goal reached and kept. Near the rim of the cup it was taken for success, at the bottom for a firm foundation.
Second layer · the honest read
What the sign actually shows
The grounds dry in random blots, and you found an anchor in yours, which tends to happen when you are looking for steadiness. It stands for whatever holds you in place. Whether that is a footing or a weight is yours to name. What are you holding on to right now?
Anchor by place in the cup
An anchor near the rim points to steadiness you can expect to find in the next few weeks. Closer to the bottom it speaks of an old foundation, or of what roots you to something from long ago. By the handle it is your own footing, opposite the handle it is support that comes from someone else. A large clear anchor carries more weight than a small blurred one.
FAQ
Is an anchor in coffee grounds a good sign or a bad one?
In the cup the anchor is neither good news nor bad, because the grounds do not prophesy. The anchor works as a mirror here, showing what you are turning over now, and whether that is light or heavy is yours to weigh.
What does the anchor at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep, so the anchor down there is read as an old story or as something coming out of your past. The anchor near the rim would speak of the days just ahead, and on the far side from the handle, of other people.
In coffee cup reading the place of a sign tells you when and about whom: nearer the rim is sooner, toward the bottom is further off or out of the past, by the handle is you and your home, opposite the handle is other people.
The sign in your cup reflected one minute of your life. The chart of the sky for the minute you were born I can work out for real.
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