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Dog in Coffee Grounds: What It Means
Two readings: what folk coffee cup reading says about this sign, and what it actually shows.
What the folk omen says
The dog is the sign of a friend and of loyalty: a reliable person nearby, devotion, support. A running dog promises good news from friends, a lying one promises calm among your own people.
What the sign actually shows
A dog in the grounds is about how much you value loyalty and about who you lean on. It reminds you of the people who are truly there. Look at who you trust and who you owe your thanks to.
Dog by place in the cup
Close to the rim the dog speaks of a friend whose support you will want any day now. Fallen toward the bottom, it is about an old loyalty or a devotion that time has already tested. By the handle the dog is the close person you lean your weight on. On the far side, a reliable person from outside your circle. A big clear shape means more than a barely visible one.
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.
FAQ
Is a dog in coffee grounds a good sign or a bad one?
Neither one on its own, because the grounds do not prophesy. The sign shows what is on your mind, and whether that is light or heavy is yours to weigh. The dog works as a mirror here and sets nothing in your future.
What does the dog at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep. The dog down there is read as an old story or as something coming out of your past. The days just ahead are told by signs near the rim, and other people by the far side from the handle.
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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