Your Fortune in a Tea-Cup Postcards

From Mystic Tea Room

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

"The leaves at the brim tell of letters with good news coming to you shortly. They will lead to the long voyage indicated by the line os dots, and the anchor at the bottom foretells [a] successful career abroad."

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."

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

"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
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room

See Also

• Tea Leaf Symbols in Art
• Tea Leaf Reading in Art
• Advertisements for Tea Leaf Reading Services
• Harry Roseland's Fortune Teller Art
• Tea Company Booklet Art
• The Ceylonese Tea-Plucker in Art