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and an unshaken fidelity. In the thick and clouded part it also denotes love but, tinctured with the inconstancy of the butterfly.
The Serpent
always the emblem of falsehood and emmity, is likwise here a general sign of an enemy. On the top, or in the middle of the cup; it promises to the consulting party the triumph which he desires over his enemy; but he will not attain it so easily if the serpent be in the thick or cloudy parts. By the letters which frequently appear near the emblem, the enemy may easily be guessed, it makes the initial of his name.
The Letter
By letters we communicate to our friends either pleasant or unpleasant news, and such is the case here; if this emblem is in the clear parts it denotes the speedy arrival of welcome news; surrounded with dots, it announces the arrival of a considerable remittance of money but hemmed in by clouds it is quite the contrary, and forebodes some melancholy or bad tidings of a loss, or some other sinister accident.
The Coffin
The emblem of death, prognosticates the same thing here or at least a long and tedious illness, if it be in the thick or turbid. In the clear it denotes long life. In the thick, at the top of the cup it signifies a considerable estate left to the party by some rich relation; in the same manner at the bottom, it shows that the deceased is not so nearly related to 'the consulting party.
