Scales

Scales

Objects

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

Meaning in the coffee cup

What does Scales mean in the Ottoman-Persian reading?

The scales promise that justice will prevail and a long-wavering matter will find its balance; what is rightfully yours will be measured out to you in fair portion.

What does Scales mean in the Russian-Bulgarian reading?

A legal or disputed matter is at hand: if the scales hang even, you win and the right is yours; if they tilt, injustice may follow, yet a tangled quarrel will untie itself in the end.

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

In the cup the scales urge measure and order in the household and in handling money, advising you to weigh income and outgoings honestly. If a dispute is at hand, the matter rights itself again with plain good sense and a fair word.

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

At the rim the verdict is near, at the bottom the dispute drags on and reaches deep into the past; near the handle the scales concern your own affair, opposite it a stranger's quarrel, and the higher they float, the sooner the judgment falls.

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