MAST.--This symbol must be read in connection with the surrounding signs. MASTIFF.--This dog warns you of an unexpected emergency in which there is danger of your being overpowered by the arguments of those who are masterful. MAYPOLE.--This shows that you find but little satisfaction in your amusements and gaiety; for whilst you appear to enter into them in a light-hearted manner, you are craving for further excitement. MAY TREE.--This signifies the receiving of a joyous message. MEAT.--A sign of financial worry. MEAT COVER.--An unpleasant emergency or discovery. MEDAL.--You will be rewarded for past industry by future prosperity. MEDICINE BOTTLE.--An unpleasant sign of illness. MEDLAR.--This tree predicts a condition of transient happiness. MEERSCHAUM PIPE.--You will be disturbed by some news from a man who has much influence in your life. MELON.--This means gratification and good news, and the deriving of much pleasure from the appreciation of those whose good opinion is of value to you. MERCURY.--This planet is constantly seen in the tea-leaves and is a symbol of ceaseless activity of striving to attain great things; it also indicates good business capacity. MERMAID.--To those associated with the sea, this is a warning of shipwreck or other peril. MERRYTHOUGHT.--The attainment of a wish or small pleasure. MICE.--These indicate danger of poverty through fraud or theft. MILK-CANS.--These show an agricultural enterprise that will be to your advantage. MILK-CHURN.--A good emblem of future comfort and increased happiness. MILKING-STOOL.--A new venture about which you will feel somewhat dubious but which with care will be carried out successfully. MINE-SHAFT.--This is a hopeful sign of coming peace after a time of discontent amongst miners, or a coal strike. MIRROR.--Prophetic dreams; a love of truth. MISTLETOE.--This signifies that a cherished hope is unlikely to be fulfilled, or at any rate it will only be after many months have passed, and when you have become weary of waiting. MITRE.--A prediction of honour and promotion for a clergyman. MONK.--Religious controversy and disturbances. MONKEY.--This is an unpleasant indication that ugly rumours and scandal will be spread about you or yours; sometimes public notoriety; with other signs, it foreshows grief and pain. MONKEY-ON-ORGAN.--Difficult circumstances and a hard struggle are the meanings of this sign. MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.--A task lies before you which you will find hard, but for which you will afterwards be rewarded by meeting with great success. MONOGRAMS.--These will often be found in the tea-leaves and will indicate someone of much importance in your life, whose initials are shown by the monogram. MONUMENT.--Someone in whose career you are much interested will rise to fame. MOON.--A crescent moon denotes good news, fortune, and romance; for a man it predicts public recognition and honour. MORTAR.--A sign of gloom, illness, emergencies.