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Star in Coffee Grounds: What It Means
A star in the coffee grounds is a sign of the hope you are steering by - the quiet belief that there is light ahead, and your own permission to want it again. The grounds don't foretell your fate, and in the star you read what is on your mind now.
First layer · what tradition says
What the folk omen says
The star is a lucky sign: fortune, hope, protection from above. A clear five-pointed one promises success. A scattering of small stars promises plenty of running about, the good kind.
Second layer · the honest read
What the sign actually shows
The star is seen by whoever needs hope. It is about the belief that there is light ahead and about the bearing you steer by inside. It hands you permission to hope again and promises you nothing about luck. What are you still hoping for?
Star by place in the cup
A star at the very rim lights a hope for something soon, for the weeks just ahead. Fallen toward the bottom, it is about an old dream or a light that led you from far away. By the handle the star is your inner bearing and your faith. Opposite the handle it is luck that will reach you through other people. A clear five-pointed star burns brighter than a scattering of small sparks.
FAQ
Is a star in coffee grounds a good sign or a bad one?
In the cup the star is neither good news nor bad, because the grounds do not prophesy. The star 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 star at the bottom of the cup mean?
The bottom of the cup is the distant and the deep, so the star down there is read as an old story or as something coming out of your past. The star 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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