Coffee grounds symbols: a dictionary of 170 meanings
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This dictionary lists 170 shapes that readers have traditionally found in coffee grounds and tea leaves, with the meaning each one has in the classic manuals. Open a symbol to see its meaning, how the position in the cup changes it, and which symbols are related.
By category
Nature and plants
Buildings and places
Objects
Animals
Birds and winged creatures
Shapes and signs
Letters and numbers
All symbols, A to Z
- Acorn
- Aircraft
- Anchor
- Angel
- Apple
- Apple tree
- Arch
- Arrow
- Axe
- Basket
- Bat
- Bear
- Bee
- Bird
- Boat
- Book
- Bottle
- Bouquet
- Bridge
- Building
- Bull
- Bush
- Butterfly
- Camel
- Candle
- Car
- Cart
- Castle
- Cat
- Chain
- Chair
- Child
- Church
- Circle
- Clear (empty) area
- Clock
- Cloud
- Clover
- Coffin
- Comet
- Cow
- Crab
- Crescent moon
- Cross
- Crown
- Cup
- Dagger
- Deer
- Dog
- Dolphin
- Donkey
- Dots
- Dove / pigeon
- Dragon
- Duck
- Eagle
- Egg
- Elephant
- Eye
- Faces
- Feather
- Fence
- Fish
- Flag
- Flowers
- Fountain
- Fox
- Frog
- Gate / door
- Goat
- Goose
- Grapes
- Gun
- Hammer
- Hand
- Hare
- Harp
- Hat
- Hawk / falcon
- Heart
- Heavy dark mass
- Hen
- Horse
- Horseshoe
- Hourglass
- House
- Human figures
- Ivy
- Jug
- Key
- Kite
- Knife
- Ladder
- Lamb
- Lamp
- Leaves
- Leopard
- Letter / envelope (square leaf)
- Letter of the alphabet
- Lighthouse
- Lily
- Line of dots
- Lion
- Logs / timber
- Man
- Mirror
- Monkey
- Mountain
- Mouse
- Mushroom
- Number
- Oak
- Oblong
- Owl
- Padlock
- Palm tree
- Parrot
- Peacock
- Pear
- Pig
- Pine tree
- Purse
- Question mark
- Rabbit
- Rat
- Raven
- Ring
- Road / path
- Rooster
- Rose
- Saw
- Scales
- Scissors
- Shark
- Sheep
- Ship
- Snake
- Spider
- Square
- Squirrel
- Star
- Steeple
- Straight line
- Sun
- Swallow
- Swan
- Sword
- Table
- Tent
- Toad
- Torch
- Tortoise
- Tower
- Train
- Tree
- Triangle
- Twisted shapes
- Umbrella
- Unicorn
- Vulture
- Wavy line
- Whale
- Wheel
- Windmill
- Wolf
- Woman
- Worms
- Yacht
- Yew tree
- Zebra