Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
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===Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots=== | ===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 large scattering of | + | [[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 large scattering of jumbled little dots trailing ahed, behind, and around the anchor are called "the thick" or "the thicket" and indicate obstructions, gossip, and jealousy.-->]] |
===Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots=== | ===Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots=== | ||
- | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Anchor-Square-Three-Dots.jpg|center|400px|thumb|''"There is a letter here (long leaf on [the] brim], with good news indeed. You have got your wish (three dots inside [a] square of four leaves), and a successful career ([the] anchor at [the] bottom is before you."'' A rectangle is a letter. A square can be an important letter or a package; three dots in a row is the "wish sign" that indicates your wish will come true | + | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Anchor-Square-Three-Dots.jpg|center|400px|thumb|''"There is a letter here (long leaf on [the] brim], with good news indeed. You have got your wish (three dots inside [a] square of four leaves), and a successful career ([the] anchor at [the] bottom is before you."'' <!--A rectangle is a letter. A square can be an important letter or a package; three dots in a row is the "wish sign" that indicates your wish will come true. As before the anchor at the bottom indicates safety at sea, which held particular importance during the era of the British Empire, when many men served as sailors or in the military, or worked on bureaucratic or engineering projects in the colonies, which they could only reach by sea.-->]] |
===Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side=== | ===Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side=== | ||
- | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Square.jpg|center|400px|thumb|''"You will receive an important letter (4 leaves in [a] square). The dot just at [the] side of [the] square tells of your wish being granted, and you will gain [an] important position. The anchor at [the] bottom foretells [a] brilliant future."'' ]] | + | [[File:Your-Fortune-In-A-Tea-Cup-Square.jpg|center|400px|thumb|''"You will receive an important letter (4 leaves in [a] square). The dot just at [the] side of [the] square tells of your wish being granted, and you will gain [an] important position. The anchor at [the] bottom foretells [a] brilliant future."'' <!-- As in the cup above, a large square or rectangle represents an important letter or a package, perhaps one bearing a seal or requiring to be signed for upon receipt. The single dot is a coin rather than a "wish," to my way of thinking, because the "wish sign" consists of three dots in a straight row. However, if one's wish is for money, this will serve. The "important position" to be gained is again signified by an anchor, the sign of the far reaching British Empire and its need for professionals with both military and civilian training to fill essential roles abroad. -->]] |
===Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below=== | ===Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below=== |
Revision as of 02:08, 27 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 flash cards or teaching instructions in cup reading. These British tea leaf postcards were intended to be sent as greetings or distributed at a party, but they can also be used by fledgling tasseomancers as study cups on the way to learning a basic list of tea leaf symbols. Because the printed interpretations are so brief, i will, at a future time, add some further explanations of how they were derived.
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Journey, Leaves at Rim
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Three Dots
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Anchor at Rim, Mountain, Three Dots in Line
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Mountain, Square with Dot
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Heart. Roadway, Dots
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Heart, Ring, Leaves at Rim
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Ring and Triangle
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Cat and Letter
Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup! -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line
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