What does an owl mean in coffee grounds?

The two coffee sources with an owl entry disagree. The Turkish dictionary reads the owl as a widening horizon and the ability to see things as they are, while kp.ru links it with hard trials.

What does an owl mean for lovers in tea leaves?

Nothing good in either tea-leaf book: bad news or unpleasant rumors in Kent, deception in Highland Seer. The two coffee sources with an owl entry do not mention lovers.

Is an owl a bad omen in tea leaves?

Yes, in both books. Kent ties the omen to illness, misfortune and poverty, Highland Seer to sickness, poverty and disgrace.

Mixed sign

Owl in coffee grounds and tea leaves: meaning

The Turkish dictionary links the owl with a widening horizon, while both tea-leaf books call it a bad omen and kp.ru names hard trials. No entry for the owl appears on woman.ru, riamo.ru or fb.ru.

How our bot reads it

wisdom, a night of thinking

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How different traditions read it

The sources disagree here

Turkish tradition

In the Turkish dictionary on yemek.com the owl means the horizon widens and a great deal becomes possible to understand. The entry sums this up as seeing things as they are.

Western tea-leaf books

Both tea-leaf books call the owl a bad omen, and Cicely Kent adds misfortune. For lovers, Kent reads it as a symbol of bad news or unpleasant rumors, while Highland Seer writes that the person asking, if in love, will be deceived. For anyone planning new work, Kent reads it as a warning to proceed with caution, and Highland Seer as a warning against starting any new enterprise.

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Russian-language sites

The kp.ru entry on birds calls a bird an ambiguous symbol whose reading changes with the species, and in its list the owl means hard trials.

In combination with other signs

Bride, penknife and owl. In Kent's list of combinations, a bride, a penknife and an owl together mean that jealousy ends an unhappy engagement.
Owl among ominous signs (general rule of Kent on news). Kent's general rules on news say that in a cup with various ominous signs, such as a serpent, an owl or many crosses, the news coming is not likely to be pleasant. This is a rule about the whole cup, not an entry about the owl.
Neighboring signs (general rule of woman.ru). The woman.ru text advises against reading figures one by one. It suggests taking all the blots together and arranging them into a single chain of associations, a rule that concerns every figure and not the owl alone.

Common questions

What does an owl mean in coffee grounds?: The two coffee sources with an owl entry disagree. The Turkish dictionary reads the owl as a widening horizon and the ability to see things as they are, while kp.ru links it with hard trials.
What does an owl mean for lovers in tea leaves?: Nothing good in either tea-leaf book: bad news or unpleasant rumors in Kent, deception in Highland Seer. The two coffee sources with an owl entry do not mention lovers.
Is an owl a bad omen in tea leaves?: Yes, in both books. Kent ties the omen to illness, misfortune and poverty, Highland Seer to sickness, poverty and disgrace.