A Basic List of Tea Leaf Symbols
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- Acorn: At top, slow growth; at bottom, good health.
- Airplane: Long journey; a rise in social position.
- Anchor: At top, stability and rest; at bottom, safety.
- Apple: Achievement; if bitten into, temptation.
- Arrow: Point down, bad news; up, good news.
- Axe: Difficulties; if at top, overcoming of difficulties.
- Baby: Fretting and small worries.
- Bag: A trap; if open, escape, from a trap.
- Ball: Variable fortune, as ball bounces up and down.
- Balloon: A celebration or party soon.
- Basket: A treat, award, compliment, recognition.
- Bell: Announcement; the nearer the top, the better.
- Birds: Good news (see also species of birds).
- Boat: A visit from a friend, protection, inheritance.
- Book: If open, good news; if closed, hidden secrets.
- Bottle: Drunkenness, temptations offered.
- Broom: A new home; a thorough house-cleaning.
- Bush: A secret friend or secret opportunities.
- Butterfly: Fickleness of friends.
- Candle: Ask for and receive help from others.
- Cat: Gossip, deceit; cat-head, female false friend.
- Chain: Engagement, wedding; sequence of events.
- Chair: A guest is coming.
- Circle: Success, completion; with dots, a baby.
- Clock: Better health if medical help is sought soon.
- Clouds: Trouble; with dots (rain), many problems.
- Coin: Money count the coins to tell how much.
- Cross: Death, a funeral, suffering, sacrifice.
- Cup: Reward of merit; overturned, justified criticism.
- Dagger: Danger from self or others; beware injury.
- Dish: Trouble at home; matters require cleaning up.
- Dog: Good, true friend; at bottom, friend needs help.
- Door: Opportunities arise through an odd event.