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In Act I Scene 3, the witches have appeared and have hailed Macbeth. Banquo is put out and says "What about meee?", although he puts it more nicely and less whiny. He says, "If you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me." Looking at a handful of seeds and saying which ones will grow is a metaphor for predicting the future; the seeds become a metaphor for all the potential events, some of which will happen and some will not. It is a deeper and more powerful way of saying "predict the future".

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