Tea Leaf Reading
Your Guide to More Than 500 Symbols
Will be published approx. on 29. February 2024
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-64297-054-8 (ISBN)
Description
A fun beginner's guide to reading the symbols found in tea leaves!
The ancient practice of tasseomancy, or tea leaf reading, originated in ancient China and became popularized throughout Europe by the Romani, who were renowned for their fortune-telling skills, and eventually became a widespread practice of divination around the world. It is one of the easiest forms of divination to learn-all it takes is tea leaves, some hot water, and a creative mind!
Tea leaf reading is a form of fortune-telling that uses the symbols and images left in a cup by the tea leaves after the liquid is gone. Those images-much like the shapes we see in cloud formations-can be interpreted by the tea leaf reader. It is a special and intimate form of divination since the questioner must hold the cup in their hands and drink from it. It allows for the innermost aura of the questioner to enter into the warmly held cup of tea, and for the cup itself to have close contact with the boundaries of the questioner's body. This easy-to-use guide will teach you all the basics of getting started with this simple form of fortune casting:
How to properly prepare a cup of tea
How to interpret different surfaces of the interior of the cup
The meanings of over 500 common symbols and images
Common astrological and tarot-related symbols
How to modify the practice using coffee grounds instead of tea
This A-to-Z guide will help you discover the meaning(s) of almost any shape you find at the bottom of a tea cup, from anvils and anteaters to yachts and the zodiac signs.
The ancient practice of tasseomancy, or tea leaf reading, originated in ancient China and became popularized throughout Europe by the Romani, who were renowned for their fortune-telling skills, and eventually became a widespread practice of divination around the world. It is one of the easiest forms of divination to learn-all it takes is tea leaves, some hot water, and a creative mind!
Tea leaf reading is a form of fortune-telling that uses the symbols and images left in a cup by the tea leaves after the liquid is gone. Those images-much like the shapes we see in cloud formations-can be interpreted by the tea leaf reader. It is a special and intimate form of divination since the questioner must hold the cup in their hands and drink from it. It allows for the innermost aura of the questioner to enter into the warmly held cup of tea, and for the cup itself to have close contact with the boundaries of the questioner's body. This easy-to-use guide will teach you all the basics of getting started with this simple form of fortune casting:
How to properly prepare a cup of tea
How to interpret different surfaces of the interior of the cup
The meanings of over 500 common symbols and images
Common astrological and tarot-related symbols
How to modify the practice using coffee grounds instead of tea
This A-to-Z guide will help you discover the meaning(s) of almost any shape you find at the bottom of a tea cup, from anvils and anteaters to yachts and the zodiac signs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Red Wheel/Weiser
Illustrations
Illustrated throughout
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64297-054-8 (9781642970548)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
07/2018
Hampton Roads Publishing Co
€36.11
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Person
Jacqueline Towers is a medium, psychometrist, tarot reader, Reiki healer, and counselor. She was a president of the British Astrological and Psychic Society and spent several years as the editor of their Mercury Magazine. She is also the author of The Little Book of Dream Symbols. Jacqueline lives in England.