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Egg Coffee Cup Reading Symbol Meaning
if whole = new life, successful new beginning; if cracked/broken = failed plans or financial problems which can be overcome by action.
Illustrative references
Ways the Egg silhouette may vary
The compiled traditional meaning for Egg is: if whole = new life, successful new beginning; if cracked/broken = failed plans or financial problems which can be overcome by action.
The images on this page are illustrative reconstructions made to help compare a rough silhouette. They are not documentary photographs of a particular reading, and a real cup is unlikely to match them exactly.
Use the entry as a reference, not a prediction. Check the actual residue, the cup position, and the question being asked before deciding whether egg is a useful description of the mark.
Cup position
How placement changes the reading
Rim
Readers commonly use the rim for the present or near future.
Middle
The middle wall is commonly used for a matter understood as developing.
Base
The base is commonly used for slower, hidden, or underlying matters.
Handle
The handle side is commonly read as closest to the person whose cup is being interpreted.
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