Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards

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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.

Contents

1. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Journey, Leaves at Rim

Anchor at bottom, Long Voyage, Successful Career Abroad

Anchor at bottom, Long Voyage, Successful Career Abroad

2. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots

Anchor at Bottom, Little Dots -- Successful career abroad with jealous rivals

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

Anchor at Bottom, Square with Dot at Side -- You will receive and important letter

Wish is Granted and Brilliant Future

5. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Anchor at Rim, Broad Leaf Below

Anchor at Rim and Broad Leaf Below -- Happy Life But a Jealous Enemy

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

A Heart and a Ring foretell marriage

Happy House Party and Marriage

10. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Ring and Triangle

A Triangle and a Ring

Luck, Good News, Happy Marriage.

11. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup - Cat and Letter

A cat signifies a rival

A rival, but a lucky letter brings promotion

12. Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup -- Dog and Three Dots in a Line

Dog, Road, Three Dots in a Line, wavy Lines

"The leaves forming [a] dog tell of a faithful friend coming home from abroad, and the three dts in a line indicate [an] offer of marriage from him. This will mean a great and happy change in your fortune as shown by the wavy lines."


catherine yronwode
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The Mystic Tea Room

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