Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
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[[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Cat.jpg .jpg|center|400px|thumb|A cat signifies a rival]] | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Cat.jpg .jpg|center|400px|thumb|A cat signifies a rival]] | ||
- | + | ''"You have a rival (leaves forming cat) who is fast gaining ground just now. But | |
+ | a lucky letter (leaf on rim) is to up-lift you, and promotion will be given you | ||
+ | shortly (long leaves in line)."''<!--A cat, being territorial, foretells jealousy, rivalry, or gossip. Here is it | ||
+ | sitton on its own piece of ground, and is nearing the handle or "home" territory | ||
+ | that should be yours. A small rectangle is a letter and it is on its way, coming | ||
+ | along the roadwat of lines, toward "home" as wel. It signifies an uplift in | ||
+ | spirit or a promotion on the job because the roawy is rising upward and the | ||
+ | letter drops small dots or coins downward.--> | ||
==12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line== | ==12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line== |
Revision as of 03:05, 26 December 2020
In this set of 12 postcards, issued in Great Britain some time between the First and Second World Wars, we have essentially a series of study cups as flash cards or teaching instructions in cup reading. These British tea leaf postcards were intended to be sent as greetings, but they can also be used by fledgling tasseomancers as study cups on the way to learning a basic list of tea leaf symbols.
1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Journey, Leaves at Rim
Anchor at bottom, Long Voyage, Successful Career Abroad
2. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots
3. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots
Letter With Good News, Successful Career
4. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side
Wish is Granted and Brilliant Future
5. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below
6. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim, Mountain, Three Dots in Line
Happy Married Life and Offer From Friend
7. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Square with Dot
Promotion and Letter With Money or Good News
8. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart and Dots
Voyage Leading to Happy Marriage
9. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart, Ring, Leaves at Rim
Happy House Party and Marriage
10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Ring and Triangle
Luck, Good News, Happy Marriage.
11. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat and Letter
"You have a rival (leaves forming cat) who is fast gaining ground just now. But a lucky letter (leaf on rim) is to up-lift you, and promotion will be given you shortly (long leaves in line)."
12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line
"The leaves forming [a] dog tell of a faithful friend coming home from abroad, and the three dts in a line indicate [an] offer of marriage from him. This will mean a great and happy change in your fortune as shown by the wavy lines."
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room