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SYMBOL DICTIONARY · A SHELL

A Shell in your coffee grounds

A treasure from deep water — good news from afar, and beauty the tide brings in.

The shell is the sea's gift left on the sand: something lovely arriving from a distance, often unexpectedly — news from another shore, a windfall you did not fish for, a keepsake that turns out to matter.

Hold it to your ear, the cup teases — shells also mark listening, and a message worth going quiet for. Near the bottom, the shell is a treasure you already own and have stopped noticing.

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