Cross in coffee grounds and tea leaves: meaning

In combination with other signs

• Crosses on a journey line. Kent writes that crosses on the line of dots that shows a journey point to vexation or delay connected with the trip.
• One small cross at the bottom of the cup. In Kent's example of size and position, the only cross in the cup is small and lies at the bottom. She reads it as a trifling vexation or a tiresome little delay, but not for the present, because the sign is at the bottom.
• One or two small crosses and a large bouquet (general rule of Highland Seer). For Highland Seer, a large bouquet of flowers, a fortunate sign, would outweigh one or two minute crosses, which would then mean only a small delay in the realization of success.
• One large cross in a prominent position. In the same passage, Highland Seer calls one large cross in a prominent position a grave warning that small isolated flowers, however lucky, do little to soften.
• Latin cross and Pisces. In Kent's chapter on a cup marked with planetary symbols, a Latin cross and the sign of Pisces sit over the sign of Mercury. The cross stands for obstacles and hindrances in the chosen path, Pisces for interesting news from distant lands.

Common questions

What does a cross mean in coffee grounds?

Both tea-leaf books give an unwelcome reading of a cross: obstacles and sorrow in Kent, trouble and delay in Highland Seer.

What do three crosses mean in coffee grounds?

Only fb.ru gives a reading for three crosses. It calls them an occasional promise of success in society and perhaps in a career, which goes against the way the tea-leaf books read a cross.

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