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Key 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 key is the sign of a decision and an opening: a door giving way, a way out found, the chance you needed turning up. Two keys together were read as a particularly good turn in your affairs.
What the sign actually shows
A key surfaces when you are close to working something out or close to a choice. Out of a hundred shapeless blots you picked the one that unlocks things, which says the answer is already in your hands. Which door have you been wanting to open for a long time?
Key by place in the cup
A key near the rim says the decision will show itself within days. Sunk toward the bottom it belongs to an old riddle, or to a way out you have been hunting for a long while. Beside the handle the door is in your own hands, opposite the handle the opening is one other people will make for you. A large clear key carries more weight than a small smeared 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 key 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 key works as a mirror here and sets nothing in your future.
What does the key at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep. The key 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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