Reading Aries in Coffee Grounds

Taurus runs from 20 April to 20 May, an earth sign ruled by Venus, and it is the sign people go to when they want something to last. A Taurus builds slowly, keeps what they have built, and dislikes being rushed into any decision that touches home or money. That patience is their luck: they are the sign most often described as quietly comfortable rather than suddenly rich, because they save without making a story of it. In love they are loyal and physical, slow to open and slower to leave, and when they do leave it is already final. The stubbornness is real, and it usually appears as silence rather than argument. In coffee cup readings a Taurus cup is read through heavy, settled grounds, houses, trees and full circles low in the cup, signs of something taking root instead of something passing through.

Gemini falls between 21 May and 20 June, an air sign ruled by Mercury, and it is the sign of two minds working at once. Geminis talk their way into rooms other people need years to enter, pick up languages, jobs and friendships quickly, and get restless the moment a day repeats itself. Their gift is genuine curiosity; their cost is unfinished projects and the sense that they were somewhere else while you were speaking. In love they need conversation more than romance, and boredom hurts them more than conflict. Money comes through several small channels rather than one salary. In a coffee cup a Gemini reading turns on doubled shapes, two birds, two roads or a symbol repeated on both sides of the handle, which traditionally means a choice already in front of you and news arriving from two directions at once.

Cancer covers 21 June to 22 July, a water sign ruled by the Moon, and it is the sign most tied to home, family and memory. Cancers feel the room before anyone speaks, which makes them the person everybody tells things to and the person who then carries all of it. They protect what is theirs, sometimes by withdrawing instead of explaining, and old hurts stay vivid for years. In love they are devoted and easily wounded, and they want certainty long before they ask for it. Money matters to them mainly as safety, so they save for the house rather than for the holiday. In coffee cup reading a Cancer cup is usually read through the handle side, where family sits: houses, cradles, nests and moon shapes near the handle are taken as news from within the family, often about someone returning.

Leo runs from 23 July to 22 August, a fire sign ruled by the Sun, and it is the sign of being seen. Leos are generous in a way that costs them something, warm with strangers, and genuinely hurt when the loyalty they give is not returned in public. They lead without asking for the title and they need appreciation more than they will ever admit. In love they are romantic, dramatic and faithful as long as pride is respected; wounded pride ends things faster than any argument. With money they earn well and spend visibly, often on other people. The weakness is a need for the last word. In a coffee cup a Leo reading turns on crowns, suns, lions and any large shape sitting high and central, read as recognition arriving, an invitation, or a public success that has already been decided elsewhere.