Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
From Mystic Tea Room
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| + | 9. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart and Dots - | ||
| + | Voyage Leading to Happy Marriage | ||
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| + | 10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart, Leaves at Brim, Ring - | ||
| + | Happy House Party and Marriage | ||
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| + | 11. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat and Letter | ||
| + | Promotion and Lucky Letter But Rival | ||
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| + | 12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Dog and Three Dots in a Line - | ||
| + | Marriage Offer From Faithful Friend | ||
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===1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Leaves at Rim, === | ===1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Leaves at Rim, === | ||
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===5. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below=== | ===5. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below=== | ||
[[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Anchor-at-Rim.jpg|center|400px|thumb|Anchor at Rim and Broad Leaf Below -- Happy Life But a Jealous Enemy]] | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Anchor-at-Rim.jpg|center|400px|thumb|Anchor at Rim and Broad Leaf Below -- Happy Life But a Jealous Enemy]] | ||
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| + | ===6. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim, Mountain, Three Dots in Line=== | ||
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| + | Happy Married Life and Offer From Friend | ||
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| + | ===7. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Square with Dot=== | ||
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| + | Promotion and Letter With Money or Good News | ||
===6. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat=== | ===6. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat=== | ||
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===10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Dots in Line, Anchor at Top=== | ===10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Dots in Line, Anchor at Top=== | ||
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Revision as of 02:47, 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
9. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart and Dots -
Voyage Leading to Happy Marriage
10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart, Leaves at Brim, Ring - Happy House Party and Marriage
11. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat and Letter Promotion and Lucky Letter But Rival
12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Dog and Three Dots in a Line - Marriage Offer From Faithful Friend
1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Leaves at Rim,
Long Voyage with 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
6. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat
A rival (cat) but a lucky letter brings promotion
7. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line
8. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart and Dots
Voyage Leading to Happy Marriage
9. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Heart, Leaves at Rim, Ring
Happy House Party and Marriage
10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Dots in Line, Anchor at Top
Happy Married Life and Offer From Friend
