A favorable omen.

Roget 512: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; sign etc. (indication) 550; harbinger etc. (precursor) 64; yule candle^†.    bird of ill omen; signs of the times; gathering clouds; warning etc. 668.    prefigurement etc. 511.    ... show more

Dutch: voorteken, patronage, omen, auspiciën