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Horseshoe in Coffee Grounds: What It Means
A horseshoe in the coffee grounds is a sign of your hope for a good turn - how ready you are to catch luck when it passes, and the belief in your own lucky star that keeps you moving. The grounds don't foretell your fate, and in the horseshoe you read what is on your mind now.
First layer · what tradition says
What the folk omen says
The horseshoe is the classic sign of luck: a fortunate turn, a chance falling your way, protection from trouble. Points turned up, tradition says the luck is gathering. Points turned down, it is running out.
Second layer · the honest read
What the sign actually shows
A horseshoe gets noticed by the woman who wants to believe in her own lucky star. It is your hope for a good turn and how ready you are to catch one when it passes. Luck has a habit of finding the woman who is already moving.
Horseshoe by place in the cup
A horseshoe near the rim points to a lucky turn in the coming stretch. Closer to the bottom it belongs to old luck, or to a protection that has been around you for years. By the handle it is your own faith in a good run, on the far side it is luck reaching you through other people. A large clear horseshoe carries more weight than a small pale one.
FAQ
Is a horseshoe in coffee grounds a good sign or a bad one?
In the cup the horseshoe is neither good news nor bad, because the grounds do not prophesy. The horseshoe 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 horseshoe at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep, so the horseshoe down there is read as an old story or as something coming out of your past. The horseshoe 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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