Reading Tea Leaves
Timber, Logs of timber indicate business success
Toad, deceit and unexpected enemies
Trees, a lucky sign; prosperity, and happiness
Triangles, always a sign of good luck and unexpected legacies
Twisted Figures, disturbances and vexation
Umbrella, annoyance and trouble
Unicorn, scandal
Vulture, bitter foes
Wagon, a sign of approaching poverty
Wavy Lines, Denotes losses and vexation
Wheel, an inheritance about to come
Windmill, success in enterprise
Wolf, beware of jealous intrigues
Woman, pleasure and happiness, several women indicates scandal
Wood, a speedy marriage
Worms, indicate secret foes
Yacht, pleasure and happiness
Yew Tree, death of an aged person leaving his legacy to you
Zebra, travel and adventure in foreign lands
Although included in the above lists, there are certain figures and symbols which are a common occurence and bear such definite interpretation that it is advisable to refer to them here in detail. Certain signs are invariably signs of approaching good fortune; certain others of threatened ill luck. Among the former may be mentioned triangles, stars, clover leaves, anchors, trees, garlands and flowers, bridges or arches, and crowns. Among the latter, coins, clouds, crosses, serpents, rats and mice, some wild beasts, hourglasses, umbrellas, church steeples, swords, guns, ravens, owls, and monkeys are all ominous symbols.
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