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 shillings, 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.