Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
From Mystic Tea Room
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Luck, Good News, Happy Marriage. | Luck, Good News, Happy Marriage. |
Revision as of 02:42, 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
A rival, but a lucky letter brings promotion
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