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Lion in Coffee Grounds: What It Means
A lion in the coffee grounds is a sign of pride rising in you - or of someone else's power on your mind, and how you hold yourself next to the strong people you meet. The grounds don't foretell your fate, and in the lion you read what is on your mind now.
First layer · what tradition says
What the folk omen says
The lion in coffee reading stands for an influential person: a strong patron, or a proud rival everyone takes seriously. It is a sign of power and standing, read as a meeting with someone who outweighs you.
Second layer · the honest read
What the sign actually shows
The lion is what you see when pride is rising in you or when somebody else's power is on your mind. It is about how you hold yourself next to strong people. Ask whether you are measuring yourself against this lion or looking to it for cover.
Lion by place in the cup
A lion at the very rim speaks of an influential meeting close at hand, within these few weeks. Sunk toward the bottom, it is an old patron or a power you have known for a long time. By the handle the lion is your own pride and your own weight, on the far side it is a strong person coming in from outside. A large clear lion carries more weight than a small smudged one.
FAQ
Is a lion in coffee grounds a good sign or a bad one?
In the cup the lion is neither good news nor bad, because the grounds do not prophesy. The lion 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 lion at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep, so the lion down there is read as an old story or as something coming out of your past. The lion 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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