Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves Part 14

MOUSE.--This invariably indicates that there is need for a trap to be set; it also gives warning that domestic worries are to be expected.

m.u.f.f.--This implies caprice and ostentation.

MUG.--This symbol predicts a merry meeting.

MUSHROOM.--This predicts that you will take a small risk and achieve a great success; to lovers, it foreshows a quarrel and possibly a broken engagement.

MUSIC CONDUCTOR.--A good sign to a musician; to others it suggests that enthusiasm and good spirits will carry them through life very happily.

MUTTON CHOP.--Fruitless discussion or indisposition are the meanings of this sign. See also LEG OF MUTTON.

MYRTLE TREE.--This speaks of affection and peace; a declaration of love, and a happy marriage.

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NAIL.--Toothache and painful dentistry are foreshown by this sign.

NAMES.--To see the name of a person or place, signifies events occurring in connection with such person or place; if good symbols appear, pleasant happenings may be expected; if gloomy signs, then trouble will arise a.s.sociated with the name seen.

NARCISSUS.--This flower shows sentiment and coming joy; also that some new idea will unfold itself to you in the spring and will prove to be of much advantage to you.

NATIVE WITH "TOM-TOM".--This foreshows news of disturbance in India or news of a personal nature which will cause anxiety.

NECKLACE.--A good present or money; a broken necklace shows that you will break a bond which you have grown to feel is unendurable.

NEEDLES.--These denote mischief and deceit; sometimes disappointment in love.

NEPTUNE.--This planetary symbol indicates a condition of chaos.

NEST.--See BIRD'S NEST, EAGLE'S NEST.

NET.--Toil or anxiety followed by amazing achievement and good fortune.

NINEPINS.--These show a mind determined to gain success whatever the cost in drudgery.

NOSE.--A large nose denotes dissipation; a crooked one shows a wayward and untrustworthy character; a long, thin nose implies that you change your ideas on various subjects and alter your mode of life in accordance with your new ideas.

NOSEGAY.--See BOUQUET.

NOTICE-BOARD.--Your attention will be called to some fact which it will be to your advantage to learn.

NUMBERS.--These are frequently found in the tea-leaves, and must be read in conjunction with surrounding symbols. If the consultant has a lucky number, and this appears with good signs, it promises much success. An unlucky number with gloomy signs predicts misfortune. A journey with a five near obviously points out that it will be taken in five days, or weeks, and so on. Ten dots, close together, means ten pounds or s.h.i.+llings, according to the size and number of the dots. Numbers with the symbol of a legacy show the amount to be expected.

NUN.--This is a sign that you will probably remain unmarried through your own choice; to the married it implies unjust suspicion.

NURSE.--A nurse in uniform usually foretells illness for yourself or for someone dear to you.

NUT-CRACKERS.--This portends that you will strive to solve a difficult problem, the result of which is of much importance to you.

NUTS.--Gratified ambition and wealth are indicated by nuts.

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OAK TREE.--This is a good omen of wealth, strength, and attainment of cherished hopes; for a lover, it predicts happiness and prosperity in marriage.

OAR.--Sport; amus.e.m.e.nts; a broken oar denotes recklessness for which you will pay dearly; for a lover or husband, this means affliction.

OBELISK.--This foreshows honour and wealth.

OIL-CAN.--Work and worry are foretold by this sign.

ONIONS.--You may expect that something which you supposed was a secret will be discovered, possibly through treacherous friends.

OPERA-GLa.s.sES.--You are in danger of losing the confidence of your friends because of your inquisitive questions.

ORCHIDS.--These give a pleasing a.s.surance of coming good fortune and a life of ease and wealth.

ORGAN.--This must be read in connection with other signs around it; sometimes it means a wedding, death, or realised ambition; to a musician, it is a good omen of achievement. See also BARREL ORGAN.

OSTRICH.--This symbol points to achievement in creative work; if running, you may look for startling news and rumours of public upheavals.

OTTER.--You must expect to receive a disagreeable shock through some unpleasant spite on the part of those of whom you have always thought well, and regarded as loyal and affectionate friends.

OVERCOAT.--You may expect to have changes in your life and become of much importance.

OWL.--A bad omen of illness, misfortune, and poverty; if flying, you will receive tidings of grief; to lovers this bird is a symbol of bad news or unpleasant rumours; to those who are contemplating new work or enterprise the owl should be regarded as a warning to proceed with caution.

OX.--An ox in his stall implies hospitality, domestic peace and abundance.

OYSTERS.--These are a sign of enjoyment and expensive tastes, also that you will appreciate the pleasures of life more in your later years than in your youthful days.

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PADLOCK.--An open padlock means a surprise; a closed one, a need for precaution.

PAG.o.dA.--Foreign travels.

PAIL.--You will be called upon to undertake a variety of things which you dislike.

PAILS ON YOKE.--In the future you may hope for compensation for past trials and weariness.

PALACE.--This portends good fortune and favours.

PALETTE.--A hopeful sign of success to an artist or to those a.s.sociated with one; to others, it suggests a need for deliberation and advice before embarking upon a new work or enterprise.

PALM TREE.--This is a symbol of honour, fame, and victory; increase of wealth, love, and marriage.