Image Meaning Dictionary

Here is a list of symbols that I personally use. These can be used for wax readings, flame gazing, smoke reading, and tasseography. 

Acorn : at the top means success and gain, but at the bottom means good health. 

Aircraft : journey; if broken means danger of accident or unsuccessful projects; can also mean a rise in position 

Anchor: good luck in business and a stable love life, rest, stability, constancy; at bottom it means clouded or inconstant.

Angel: good news, especially in love-related matters; someone is watching out for your best interests 

Ant : you are in industrious person, but there is more work ahead 

Apples: long life; success in school or business; knowledge; achievement

Arrows: bad messages or news from the direction in which the arrow points

Axe: difficulties; if at top overcoming of difficulties; someone near you may be planning to stab you in the back with lies, deceit 

Baby: something new, pregnancy, small worries

Bag: a trap; if open, escape

Ball: completion, variable fortunes

Balloon : Your troubles will be over soon.

Bear: trouble ahead

Bell: harmonics, creation, spiritual, unexpected news; good if near the top, good news, wedding to be set

Birds: good luck, possibly a good journey; will be pleasant and productive; ascension, 

Boat: a visit from a friend; life path (note size of boat); protection hi

Bouquet: very good luck, including good friends, success, and a happy love life

Bridge: a good journey

Book: you will find your answer by something written, if open it’s good news; if closed you need to investigate something

Bush: new friends, opportunities, something growing in life

Butterfly: success and pleasure; transition, transformation, fickleness 

Cabbage: jealousy; with dots, at work 

Candle: enlightenment, sacred light, creation flame, help from others 

Cap: trouble, take care

Cat: deceit, a false friend, keep eye on treacherous friend/relative

Car: approaching wealth

Castle: an unexpected fortune (monetary or otherwise)

Chain: DNA, engagement, a wedding, chain link, karm

Chair: a guest

Chicken: No take off, not meeting potential or not having the necessary tools to move forward.

Cigar: new friends

Circles: expect money or presents; success, completion; with a dot inside means a baby 

Clouds: trouble; with dots, many problems; if flecks scattered, troubles soon over, if solidly grouped, financial woes will soon materialize 

Clock: alchemy of time and consciousness, better health 

Clover: very good luck; happiness and prosperity

Coffin: lengthy sickness or the death of a loved one

Coin: change in financial status, money coming

Comb: an enemy

Compasses: business travel

Cow: prosperity

Cross: trouble, delay or death, protection, sacrifice

Crown: success and honor

Cup: reward, blood lines 

Dagger: warning, danger from self or others, power, beware of recklessness 

Dish: trouble at home

Dog: good friend, Sirius, celestial connotation, Egyptian god, Anubis; if at bottom, friend needs help

Dolphin: To see one means emotional trust. Jumping out of water means happy and fun times ahead.

Door: opening (to something new) or closing (old issues and relations), spiritual (portal), odd event

Dragon: large and sudden changes

Duck: money coming; everything is happening according to plan

Eagle: honor and riches achieved through a change in housing

Egg: good omen, creation, new beginnings, sacred geometry 

Elephant: luck and good health; wisdom, strength, trunk up indicates overcoming obstacles or a good omen

Envelope: message coming, positive or negative

Eye: creation; open (awakening); closed (something not seen)

Face: a change, may be a setback, many faces can mean various things so pay attention to their position.

Fan: flirtation

Feather: ascension, lack of concentration

Fence: limitations, minor setbacks, not permanent

Finger: which finger, pointing in a specific direction or it emphasizes whatever sign it points at

Fire: sacred flame if at top achievement; at bottom danger of hasty movements or decisions

Fish: good news from another country; good fortune

Flag: danger

Flowers: love or important honor may come to you

Fly: domestic annoyance, minor annoyance may become major problem if not addressed immediately

Fork: speak with false tongue, false flattery

Forked Line: decision

Fox: backstabbing from a close friend

Frog: be ready for dramatic change in life

Fruit: fruitful, prosperity (depends on the fruit too), planting something new.

Gate: opportunity, future success, ancient civilization, portal, doorway

Glass: integrity

Glow: enlightenment

Goat: enemies

Grapes: happiness

Greyhound: hard work paying off with good fortune

Gun: disharmony, slander, anger, sex, quarrels 

Hammer: challenges overcome; hard work needed, getting a point across 

Hand: creation, if open means friendship; if closed means an argument

Harp: creation harmonics, love, harmony

Hat: success in life; head, consciousness, improvement 

Hawk: jealousy

Heart: good things to come, such as money (if surrounded by dots) or marriage (if with a ring); chakra, pleasure, love, trust, compassion, someone is there in whom you may confide 

Horn: abundance

Horse: if galloping means good news; if just the head means a lover or nebula

Horseshoe: success in choosing a partner; a lucky trip; good luck, attraction, Earth’s magnetics, Omega or Leo, closure, go ahead with your plans 

Hourglass: imminent danger; time running out, need to decide something, synchronicity, illusion, creation, take more time for decision 

House: security, change, business success

Iceberg: danger, planetary meltdown, ice age, consciousness frozen in time

Insect: depends which one, problems are minor and easy to overcome

Jewels: Pearls, Diamonds, gifts

Kangaroo: harmony at home 

Kettle: death; (if its on the right side) not a serious illness

Kite: a long trip leading to honor; wishes coming true, flying free 

Knife: disaster met through fighting and hatred; broken friendship, hidden enemy, avoid misunderstandings with those close to you, Mind your health, beware of potential lawsuit 

Ladder: promotion, a rise or fall in life, DNA 

Lamp: turned on means enlightenment, at the top means a feast; at the side means secrets revealed; at the bottom means postponement

Leaf: new life

Letter (square of rectangular leaves): news; initials nearby signify the bearer of the news; dots with the letter means money, but if the image of the dots is cloudy, it means loss of money

Lines: journey, and the direction of the journey (when reading with nearby symbols); wavy lines mean difficult journeys; straight lines can also mean peace, happiness and a long life

Lion: Leo, Omega, Closure, influential friends, strength, Zoroaster 

Lock: obstacles (if closed); new information unfolding (if open), lock and key are phallic symbols of creation

Loop: loops of time and creation, avoid impulsive actions, slinky effect

Man: near handle, a visitor: clear and distinct, a dark person; vague, a light colored person

Mask: something hidden, excitement, insecurity 

Moon: happiness and success; a crescent moon means prosperity; if full, romance is ahead, a half-moon is time to leave old projects and move on to new ones, a quarter moon warns against making hasty decisions 

Mountain: a powerful friend; (if many mountains) powerful enemies; obstacles or a specific area, great goals, or difficulties 

Mouse: theft

Mushroom: a sudden separation of lovers following a fight; at top means journey or moving to the country; near bottom means rapid growth; if reversed means frustration 

Nail: injustice, unfairness

Necklace: complete, admirers; if broken means danger of losing a lover

Needle: recognition, admiration

Oak: health, long life, tree of life

Octopus: danger, 8, infinity

Ostrich: travel, not seeking a truth

Owl: sickness, poverty, warning against starting a new business, deceit in love and other unlucky events, gossip, scandal

Palm Tree: success, honor, place were they grow

Parasol: open (you will glean insightful information), closed (something hidden), raining (water symbol of creation); new lover

Parrot: repeating something, a twin, a journey, people talking and saying nothing

Pear: wealth, social status, possibly a financially beneficial business move or marriage

People: symbol varies with what they are doing, but the symbol of people is usually good

Pig: a faithful lover but jealous friends; greed or prosperity depending on placement

Pine tree: contentment

Pistol: danger 

Purse: at top means profit; at bottom means loss

Question Mark: need for caution

Rabbit: success in a city; need for bravery, time and illusion 

Rake: watch details, planting seeks, reap what you sow 

Rat: losses through enemies or employees

Raven: bad news, death that leads to new beginnings 

Reptiles: arguments

Ring: marriage; if a letter is nearby, it is the initial of the future spouse; if the ring is at the bottom, it means the marriage will not take place; if the ring is surrounded by clouds, it signifies an unhappy marriage

Rose: Rose bloodline, creation, flower of life, love, may be accompanied by a fragrance in the room, popularity 

Saw: trouble from strangers; interference, tear apart, something viewed 

Scales (old-fashioned, weight-measuring ones): a lawsuit; legal issues; if balanced means just result; if unbalanced means unjust result 

Scissors: arguments; a break-up; illness; possibly separation 

Shark: danger of death

Sheep: prosperity and success; good fortune

Ship: a successful or worthwhile journey

Shoe: sole/soul, condition of shoe is important, transformation 

Snakes: a bad omen; take caution!; wisdom; (if the snake is attacking an enemy or a person) a small misfortune may only slightly impede your plans for success, you shall overcome the effects 

Spider: weaving together, reward at work

Spoon: generosity

Squares: comfort and peace

Star: good luck; if surrounded by dots, wealth, and honor; health and happiness, hope, heavens, Isis and other goddesses, female energies 

Sun: happiness, success, power 

Swan: good luck and a happy love life

Sword: arguments, especially between lovers; a broken sword means an enemy will win

Table: social gatherings, outside the box

Tent: travel, cover, hidden truth

Thimble: changes at home

Tortoise: criticism, usually beneficial, slow-moving, Turtle Island (Earth)

Tower: disappointments

Trees: good luck; prosperity and happiness; if surrounded by dots, fortune will be found in the country; improvements of life, creation, book of life, your life path 

Triangles: good luck or an unexpected inheritance; something unexpected 

Umbrella: difficulty; annoyance

Unicorn: scandal

Urn: Death; funeral

Vase: a friend needs help

Violin: egotism

Volcano: harmful emotions

Wagon: a wedding, wagon wheels (wheels within wheels)

Wasp: romantic problems

Waterfall: prosperity

Wheel: inheritance; if complete means good fortune; if broken means disappointment 

Wings: messages

Woman: your great desire is for love and happy family life

Wolf: jealousy

Worms: secret enemies

Yoke: domination

Zebra: adventure, especially overseas, black and white

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