Tea-Cup Reading

Undoubtedly one of the simplest, most inexpensive and, as the experience of nearly three centuries has proved, most reliable forms of divination within its own proper limits, is that of reading fortunes in tea-cups.

Any person after studying this method, may with practice, quickly learn to read the fortunes that the tea-leaves foretell.

It should be distinctly understood, however, that tea-cup fortunes are only dealing with the events of the hour or the succeeding twenty-four hours at furthest. In this way the tea-leaves may be consulted once a day, and many of the minor happenings of life foreseen with considerable accuracy, according to the skill in discerning the symbols and the intuition required to interpret them.

Practice and the acquirement of a knowledge of the signification of the various symbols is all that is necessary in order to become proficient and to tell one’s fortune and that of one’s friends with skill and judgment.

Take Note:

• Tea leaf reading is also referred to as tasseomancy, tasseography or teomancy.
• Coffee reading is known as cafeomancy.
• Events do not happen to people by chance, but are invariably the result of some past cause.
• The mere act of doing something today sets in motion forces that in process of time will inevitably bring about some entirely unforeseen event.
• In ancient times, they would read the wine lees left in the glass.
• Many people believe you cannot read your own cup, however that is a personal preference. As with any form of divination, it is always difficult to read your own fortune objectively.
• Part of the ritual of this form of divination is to sit down and enjoy the tea and the company of your fellow drinkers before you get started. This is not as frivolous as it sounds as it allows you to relax and also gather your thoughts.(1)

Best Type of Tea To Use:

The best kind of tea to use if tea-cup reading is to be followed is undoubtedly China tea, the original tea imported into this country and still the best for all purposes.

Indian tea and the cheaper mixtures contain so much dust and so many fragments of twigs and stems as often to be quite useless for the purposes of divination, as they will not combine to form pictures, or symbols clearly to be discerned.