CUP.--A large cup tells of a splendid opportunity coming your way which will insure your future success; a small cup means that a little anxiety is before you. CUPBOARD.--Disappointment in money affairs. CURTAIN.--This symbol proclaims that someone is hiding a matter from you which it would be to your advantage to learn; with other signs in the cup which are good you may conclude that the matter will be revealed to you shortly. CUSTARD-GLASSES.--A signal of illness, possibly chicken pox or measles. CYPRESS.--This tree indicates that you bravely face a difficulty, and finally overcome it by your own endeavours. D DAFFODILS.--A long-desired hope is about to come to pass, or a delightful holiday spent in the company of those most congenial to you. DAGGER.--If near and pointing towards consultant, it would be a bad sign of danger from wounds or an operation; if more distant, it shows a much less personal danger. DAHLIAS.--A sign of some important event which you may expect to take place in the autumn; it also denotes thrift and increase of fortune. DAISIES.--These imply that you have an attractive, child-like nature, finding happiness in simple pleasures; a circle of daisies means that you attract someone to you of the same nature as yourself who will become all the world to you. DAMSONS.--These denote complication of your affairs. DANCE.--See BALLET DANCE. DANCER.--A pleasant omen of coming pleasure and gratification, good news, happiness in love and friendship; it also means that you will receive an unexpected invitation; several figures dancing in happy abandonment foretell that your hopes and desires will be fulfilled, and that many changes will occur, all tending to your success and future happiness. DANCING-DOLL.--See CHILD WITH DANCING DOLL. DANDELION.--Unexpected news of the marriage of an old friend whom you had always supposed would never marry. DATES.--A pleasure which is unlikely to come up to your expectations is the meaning of this symbol. DEER.--An unfortunate indication that your ventures in new directions of work or business will end in failure; if running, a fruitless endeavour to undo your past mistakes; a dead deer, that you will be the innocent cause of distress to someone you love. DESK.--You will receive a letter which will upset you, or you will lose the friendship of someone with whom you have corresponded regularly for many years. DEVIL.--This symbol gives warning that reformation is needed, or you may find yourself so tightly in the grip of bad influence that it will be well-nigh impossible to extricate yourself. DIADEM.--This ensign of royalty shows that your ambition is realised beyond your expectations; wonderful good fortune and influential friends assure you of an unusually successful career. DIAMONDS.--See ACE OF DIAMONDS. DISH.--Anxiety in household matters; a broken dish is a foretaste of a greater loss.