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Fish Tea Leaf Symbol Meaning

News from abroad; with other signs of movement, emigration; a starfish is good luck / Good news from abroad; with dots nearby, emigration

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Illustrative Fish tea-leaf reference
Illustrative visual reference; not a documented cup reading.

Illustrative references

Fish visual variations

Illustrative Fish tea-leaf reference one
Illustrative reference; not a documented reading.
Illustrative Fish tea-leaf reference two
Illustrative reference; not a documented reading.
Illustrative Fish tea-leaf reference three
Illustrative reference; not a documented reading.

How to read Fish in tea leaves

Fish in a tea leaf reading points to News from abroad; with other signs of movement, emigration; a starfish is good luck; Good news from abroad; with dots nearby, emigration. Read it as a tea-leaf sign first: the shape, cup position, and nearby clusters matter as much as the dictionary meaning.

The visual examples are illustrative reconstructions for comparing a rough silhouette. They are not photographs of a documented reading and should not be treated as exact templates.

This entry paraphrases the books listed under Historical sources. The linked Project Gutenberg editions provide the historical text; the wording on this site is rewritten.

For comparison only, the coffee-reading archive also has a related coffee symbol page: Fish in coffee grounds.

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.

Same visual family

Compare shapes that may be confused

AlligatorWarning of personal danger and distress possibly caused by those nearest to you; it also much mental disturbance and worry; if very close to the querent a catastrophe is imminentApeSuggests that you have a secret enemy; it suggests malicious and dangerous persons whose tongues are to be feared; it is also despondency, care, anxiety, and fraud / Secret enemiesAssIf its head is towards consultant, a piece of good news or an event which has long been waited for is near; if its tail, then further patience is necessary, for there may be delay; if it gallops, it gives warning that if people allow themselves to become... / Misfortune overcome by patience; or a legacyBadgerFor a maid, or a bachelor, symbol predicts a single life, but one of freedom, health and success; for the married, it implies regret that they did not remain unmarried / Long life and prosperity as a bachelorBassoonSuggests that one's energy is apt to exceed one's witBearA journey north, sometimes prolonged travel; See also Polar Bear / A long period of travel

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