Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
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===2. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots=== | ===2. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots=== | ||
- | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Anchor-Dots.jpg|center|400px|thumb|''"The lucky sign of an anchor at the bottom of [the] cup foretells success in your profession, but the little dots behind it represent many worries through jealous rivals."''<!--The anchor at the bottom of the cup tells of safety if one is a sailor, as many British men were during the era of these cards. However, if the sitter were female, one would be more likely to say, "Someone you know is a sailor and he will be perfectly safe at sea." The little dots trailing behind the anchor indicate coins or money gathered while engaged in travel.]] | + | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Anchor-Dots.jpg|center|400px|thumb|''"The lucky sign of an anchor at the bottom of [the] cup foretells success in your profession, but the little dots behind it represent many worries through jealous rivals."''<!--The anchor at the bottom of the cup tells of safety if one is a sailor, as many British men were during the era of these cards. However, if the sitter were female, one would be more likely to say, "Someone you know is a sailor and he will be perfectly safe at sea." The little dots trailing behind the anchor indicate coins or money gathered while engaged in travel.-->]] |
===3. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots=== | ===3. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots=== |
Revision as of 03:44, 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
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
4. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side
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
12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line
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