Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards
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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
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 - 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
11. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Square with Dot
Promotion and Letter With Money or Good News
12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Mountain, Three Dots in a Line
Happy Married Life and Offer From Friend