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Square in Coffee Grounds: What It Means
A square in the coffee grounds is a sign that you want order and firm ground - the urge to put everything in its place and shelter behind walls, and a question of what keeps you safe and what has become a cage. The grounds don't foretell your fate, and in the square you read what is on your mind now.
First layer · what tradition says
What the folk omen says
The square is the sign of protection and steadiness in folk reading: solid walls, order, a matter kept under control. The same square was also taken for a fence with a cramped yard behind it, a sign of limits and of being shut in.
Second layer · the honest read
What the sign actually shows
The square comes up when you want order and firm ground under your feet. It is about the urge to put everything in its place and to shelter behind a wall that presses on you at times. Ask what is keeping you safe and what has quietly turned into a cage.
Square by place in the cup
A square at the very rim says the support or the barrier will show itself soon, within days. Closer to the bottom it speaks of an old steadiness or of limits set a long time ago. By the handle the square is your own order and the walls of your home, on the far side it is the rules other people lay down for you. A large even square counts for more than a small lopsided one.
FAQ
Is a square in coffee grounds a good sign or a bad one?
In the cup the square is neither good news nor bad, because the grounds do not prophesy. The square 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 square at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep, so the square down there is read as an old story or as something coming out of your past. The square 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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