Axe

Axe

Objects

Axe is a sign from the “Objects” group. Here is how Axe is read in the coffee grounds across the traditional schools:

Meaning in the coffee cup

What does Axe mean in the Ottoman-Persian reading?

The axe reveals a difficulty you must meet upright rather than evade; what you cut through with your own hand clears the road ahead, for fate hands you the blade but the swing is yours alone.

What does Axe mean in the Russian-Bulgarian reading?

Obstacles stand before you that resolve will overcome, and if the axe appears high at the rim they are all but conquered; only beware of cutting away too much at once in your zeal.

What does Axe mean in the German / Central-European reading?

The axe calls for diligent work and a clean cut in the household: clear things out, part with what has only become a burden, and take the matter in hand yourself. With industry and firm resolve you make order and room for what is new.

Where in the cup does Axe appear — and what does that change?

High at the rim the difficulties are nearly defeated, at the bottom they are deeply rooted and ask for more patience; near the handle you must clear a path within your own life, while opposite the handle an external obstacle must be felled.

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