Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves: How to Read Your Fate in a TeacupKent, Cicely
Religion
Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves: How to Read Your Fate in a Teacup
Kent, Cicely
Fortune-telling
WOOD.--Much happiness with someone dear to you, a forthcoming wedding,
or a fortunate and favourable event.
WOODPECKER.--This bird brings pleasant news from those who live in the
country.
WORMS.--These warn you of coming misfortune, or of treachery, and evil
by secret foes.
WREATH.--This is a symbol of marriage, and of much happiness being in
store for you.
Y
YACHT.--This is a favourable sign of increased wealth or happiness.
YEW TREE.--You may expect to attain to a prominent position in life, and
to receive a legacy from an aged relative or friend.
Z
ZEBRA.--Something for which you have long waited is now within sight,
but you are likely to be disappointed, for you will find that it was not
worth waiting for after all.
SOME COMBINATIONS OF SYMBOLS AND THEIR MEANING
ACE OF DIAMONDS, A CIRCLE.--An engagement.
ACE OF DIAMONDS, A BUSH.--A pleasant invitation.
ACE OF CLUBS, AN OBELISK.--The offer of a good promotion.
ACE OF HEARTS, A TRAIN, A QUERY.--Indecision about a removal.
ACE OF HEARTS, AN URN, A BED.--Illness in the home.
ACE OF SPADES, BRICKS.--An advantageous offer from a large town.
ARM, A MYRTLE TREE, BIRD ON A PERCH.--New plans which bring about a
meeting with someone who will become all the world to you.
ARUM LILY, BELLS, A CHURCH.--A wedding.
ARUM LILY, A BAT, A BED, A WIDOW'S BONNET.--Death of a widow.
BACON, PAGODA.--You will make your fortune abroad.
BANANA, A PEACOCK, ACE OF HEARTS, TREES.--A happy marriage to someone of
wealth and property in the country.
BED, AN ENGINE, LABURNUM TREE.--A happy visit to the country in the
spring.
BESOM, UGLY FACES.--You will make many enemies by mischief-making.
BONNET, A BOUQUET.--Marriage late in life.
BRIDE, A CRESCENT MOON, A SWALLOW.--A journey which leads to a romantic
love affair.
BRIDE, PENKNIFE, AN OWL.--Jealousy terminates an unhappy engagement.
CAB, A SQUARE, A CAP.--A gloomy outlook brought about by one of the
opposite sex.
CAMEL (LADEN), A SMALL "T," A COFFIN.--An unexpected fortune through the
death of someone abroad whose name begins with "T."
CHAIN (ENTANGLED), ONION.--You will be placed in an embarrassing
position by the discovery of a secret.
CHINESE LANTERN, A PAIR OF STILTS.--Pride brings about a fall.
CLOVER, PLUMS, A BRIDGE.--A new and excellent opportunity will come your
way necessitating a journey.
DAFFODILS, THE SUN.--A joyful occurrence in the spring.
DOVES, A BOOK, A BEEHIVE.--You will advance rapidly and become a
well-known writer.
DUCK, A VEGETABLE MARROW.--Rash investments.
EAGLE (FLYING), A STEAMER, A TENT, A LARGE "E."--A position of honour in
Egypt.
EAR, A BEEHIVE, A TRUMPET.--Fame as a public speaker.
FATE LINE, A SWORD IN ITS SHEATH, THE SIGN OF MARS, A CHAIN.--A happy
fate awaits you, and marriage to a soldier who will rise to the top of
the tree in his profession.
FROG, A FISH, A SHIP, A LARGE "C."--Emigration to Canada.
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