Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
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Wish is Granted and Brilliant Future | Wish is Granted and Brilliant Future |
Revision as of 01:19, 25 December 2020
In this set of 12 postcards, 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.
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
8. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Leaves at Rim,
Long Voyage with Successful Career Abroad
1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots
7. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots
Letter With Good News, Successful Career
11. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side
Wish is Granted and Brilliant Future
2. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below
10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat
Promotion and Lucky Letter But Rival
3. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line
4. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart and Dots
Voyage Leading to Happy Marriage
12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart, Leaves at Rim, Ring
Happy House Party and Marriage
3. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Dots in Line, Anchor at Top
Happy Married Life and Offer From Friend
5. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, 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