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Ship 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 ship is read as a long road and word from far away: travel, change, luck arriving from outside your usual circle. Under full sail it was taken for quick movement toward the thing you want.
What the sign actually shows
Coffee dries in blots that mean nothing until you name them, and a ship is what women find there when they are dreaming of more room than they have. It is the pull toward a new horizon that you already carry. Where would you go if nothing were holding you?
Ship by place in the cup
A ship right at the rim speaks of movement toward your goal in the days just ahead. Settled toward the bottom it belongs to a longer journey that will take time to ripen, or to travels you made years ago. By the handle it is your own restlessness, opposite the handle it is news and change coming from other people. A big clear sail counts for more than a faint smudge.
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 ship 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 ship works as a mirror here and sets nothing in your future.
What does the ship at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep. The ship 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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