What does a butterfly mean in coffee grounds?

Pleasure runs through the two tea-leaf books, with Kent adding attraction and Highland Seer success. The Turkish dictionary has small novelties, and woman.ru a love letter.

Is a butterfly a good sign in tea leaves?

No entry calls it a bad sign. Among the cup-symbol entries, the one caution is Kent's remark that to a lover the butterfly speaks of inconstancy.

Good sign

Butterfly in coffee grounds and tea leaves: meaning

Cicely Kent reads the butterfly as passing pleasure and attraction, Highland Seer as success and pleasure, and woman.ru as a love letter. The Turkish dictionary has an entry too: an event that brings small novelties. None of the four calls it a bad sign, though Kent's entry and one worked example from Highland Seer carry a note of caution.

How our bot reads it

joy, a light-hearted change

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How different traditions read it

Turkish tradition

In the Turkish dictionary the butterfly (kelebek) is an event that brings small novelties into life but has no great effect.

Western tea-leaf books

For Kent the butterfly is passing pleasure and power of attraction, with many admirers and flirtations, and she adds that to a lover it speaks of inconstancy. Highland Seer lists it as success and pleasure.

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Russian-language sites

The woman.ru list of figures gives the butterfly as a love letter.

In combination with other signs

Butterfly among obscure clusters near the handle. In the worked example Figure 4, Highland Seer reads a butterfly caught in obscure groups of tea leaves near the handle as confusion in the affairs of the person asking, caused by too much indulgence in pleasure and gaiety.
Butterfly, cake and orchid. In Kent's Figure X, the butterfly and a cake show pleasure and social enjoyment, and an orchid in conjunction with them predicts that personal charm and power of attraction will lead to wealth and social distinction.
Butterfly in a cup with a hare on the side. Highland Seer's Figure 9 has a hare on the side of the cup. There the butterfly, together with a flower and a triangle, is a sign of prosperity, pleasure and happiness.

Common questions

What does a butterfly mean in coffee grounds?: Pleasure runs through the two tea-leaf books, with Kent adding attraction and Highland Seer success. The Turkish dictionary has small novelties, and woman.ru a love letter.
Is a butterfly a good sign in tea leaves?: No entry calls it a bad sign. Among the cup-symbol entries, the one caution is Kent's remark that to a lover the butterfly speaks of inconstancy.