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Tea leaves
The
Meanings of the Symbols:
AIRPLANE ~ Near the handle ~ improvement in the home; on the
side ~ desire to travel far; on the bottom ~ disappointment in plans; a broken
airplane ~ accident.
ANCHOR ~ Near the rim ~ abundant love; on the bottom ~ business
success concerned with: water or air; on the side ~ a commercial venture
involving travel.
ANGEL ~ Good news.
ANTS ~ Many difficulties before goal is achieved.
APPLE ~ Achievement.
ARROW ~ Bad news in a letter or message. With dots or dashes
near, money will be involved.
AX ~ Impending danger.
BABY ~ Near the handle ~ a new baby expected in the family; at
bottom ~ trouble.
BALL ~ Desire to move.
BASKET ~ A pleasant surprise; with dots ~ money.
BEAR ~ Misfortune.
BELL ~ News, possibly a wedding.
BIRD ~ Good luck; with wings spread ~ air travel; with leaves
near ~ good companions.
BOTTLE ~ Threat or warning of illness.
BOUQUET ~ Marital happiness.
BROOM ~ New prospects ahead.
BULL ~ Avoid quarrels.
BUTTERFLY ~ Much happiness, unexpected pleasure.
CAB ~ Secret desires.
CAGE ~ Proposal of marriage.
CASTLE ~ An inheritance.
CAT ~ A deceitful friend.
COMPASS ~ Travel.
CUP ~ A new friend.
DRUM ~ Expect a change.
ELEPHANT ~ Need for a trustworthy friend.
EYEGLASSES ~ Prepare for a surprise.
FACES ~ Friendships.
FLAG ~ Be ready to defend yourself.
FLOWERS ~ Honors, love; on the side of cup ~ new love or
marriage; on the bottom ~ unhappy love affair.
FOUNTAIN ~ Great, enduring happiness.
GRAPES ~ Very ambitious for a love match.
GUN ~ Avoid quarrels.
HAND ~ Aid from an understanding friend.
HARP ~ Romance, happiness.
HAT ~ Honor.
HEART ~ You have a lover or there is someone close to you in
whom you can confide.
INITIALS ~ Refers to people you know or are about to know.
KETTLE ~ Strive for domestic tranquility.
KEY ~ Symbol of enlightenment. Look for new interests.
KITE ~ Do not take any chances.
LADDER ~ Advancement.
LETTERS ~ If untouched by dots or marks, good news; sometimes
about money; a heart with it, emotional problems concerning love or marriage.
LINES ~ Straight lines, usually journeys; wavy lines ~
indecision, frustration.
MAN ~ An unknown person may be expected; if an initial is
close, the person may be identified by the consultant.
MASK ~ Be careful, do not divulge personal secrets.
MUSHROOM ~ Possible complications in business ~ or in the home;
a disturbance either mental or physical that must be adjusted.
NUMBERS ~ An indication of time such as days or weeks, always
relative to other symbols in the cup.
OWL ~ Trouble emanating from illness or death of friend or
relative.
PIPE ~ Don't look for trouble; keep an open mind.
RING ~ The marriage symbol; look for a number, or an initial
near the ring. On bottom of cup ~ postponement of an engagement or marriage.
SAW ~ Warning of an impending obstacle or interference.
SNAKE ~ Represents an enemy or small misfortune.
SPIDER ~ Secretiveness, warning of an unpleasant artifice or
ruse.
STAR ~ The symbol of destiny, the promise of fulfillment of
one's fondest dreams.
TENT ~ Desire to travel far away; need for a rest from present
surroundings.
TREE ~ Promise of good health and comfort.
UMBRELLA ~ Open, seek your friends in time of trouble; closed,
you are temporarily unable to get what you want.
VASE ~ Service to friend brings you great peace of mind.
WHEEL ~ Symbol of advancement through personal effort.
WINDMILL ~ Schemes of gigantic magnitude may turn your
industrious plans into money for yourself and others.
WOMAN ~ Desire for wealth and a happy family.
Like anything else, it requires a little time and study to become familiar with
the different shapes that make the symbols formed by the tea leaves. But after a
few attempts your imagination takes over. From then on weave a story, starting
at the handle. If you go left, the immediate area of the cup deals with the
past. As you proceed the future builds. A leaf on the rim, which is the present
time, indicates something that is happening at the moment at a different
location. Any striking symbol lying on the bottom would be noted immediately
because it shows the importance it bears to the consultant at some very distant
date. Check all the easily discernible symbols first, look for initials,
numbers, dots and lines. Remember if they are indistinct, their importance is
greatly lessened. If very cloudy their meaning becomes the reverse.