4THE GOLDEN FORTUNE-TELLER
The Roads, or superfine lines, indicato ways; if they are covered with clouds, and in the thick, they are marks of past or future reverses; but if they appear elear or serene, they denoto somo fortunate change near at hand; encompassed with, many points or dots, they signify an accidental gain of money, likewise long life.
The Ring signifies marriage; if a letter near it, it denotes to the person that has his fortuno told the initial of the name of the person to be married. If the ring is in the clear, it portends happy and lucrativo friendship. Surrounded with clouds, denotes that the party is to use precaution in the friendship ho is about to contract, lest ho should bo insidiously deceived; but is most inauspicious if the ring appear at tho bottom of tho eup, as it forbodes the entire separation from a beloved object.
A Leaf of Clover is, as well hero as in common lifo, a lucky sign; its positions in the eup alono make tho difference; if it is on the top, it shows that good fortunto is not far distant; but it is subject to delay if it is in the middle, or at tho bottom. Should clouds surround it, many things disagreeable will attend tho good fortune; in tho clear, it prognosticates undisturbed happiness.
The Anchor, tho emblem of hope and commerce, implies successful business carried on by water and land, if on tho bottom of tho cup; at the top, and in a clear part, it shows eonstant love, and unshaken fidelity. In thick and clouded parts it also denotes love, but tinctured with tho inconstancy of tho butterfly.
The Serpent, always the emblem of falsehood and enmity, is hero a general sign of an enemy. On the top, or in the middle of the cup, it promises to the consulting party tho triumph which ho desires over his enemy: but he will not obtain it so
