Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
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===1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Dog and Three Dots in a Line=== | ===1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Dog and Three Dots in a Line=== | ||
[[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Dog.jpg|center|400px|thumb|Dog and Three Dots in a Line -- Marriage Offer From Faithful Friend]] | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Dog.jpg|center|400px|thumb|Dog and Three Dots in a Line -- Marriage Offer From Faithful Friend]] |
Revision as of 00:47, 3 September 2020
In this set of 12 postcars, issued in Autralia some time between the First and Second World Wars, we have essentially a set of flash cards or teaching instructions in cup reading.
Because the printed interpretations are so brief, i cave added some further explanations of how they were derived.
1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Dog and Three Dots in a Line
2. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim and Broad Leaf Below
3. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Dots in Line, Anchor at Top
Happy Married Life and Offer From Friend
4. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart and Dots
Voyage Leading to Happy Marriage
5. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain and Square with Dot
Promotion and Letter With Money or Good News
6. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Three Dots in a Line
Happy Married Life and Offer From Friend
7. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Square with Three Dots, Anchor at Bottom
Letter With Good News, Successful Career
8. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Leaves at brim, Anchor at Bottom
Long Voyage with Successful Career Abroad
9. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots
10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat
Promotion and Lucky Letter But Rival
11. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Square with dot at side, Anchor at Bottom
Wish is Granted and Brilliant Future
12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart, leaves at Brim, Ring
Happy House Party and Marriage