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Lion 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 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.
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.
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 lion 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 lion works as a mirror here and sets nothing in your future.
What does the lion at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep. The lion 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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