Reading Tea-leavesFor the Highland Scots, twists of fate were prefigured in the patterns left at the bottom of one's empty teacup. Reading Tea Leaves is the oldest book on the subject in English. Our guide is an unnamed Highland Seer, who reveals the general principles and practices of tea-leaf reading and provides an alphabetical list of the natural symbols commonly found in a cup and their significance. |
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Page 22
... handle , nine months three- quarters around , and a year hence at the immediate right of the handle . According to this scheme , symbols on the flat bottom of the cup pertain to the entire period . If a symbol lies partly on the bottom ...
... handle , nine months three- quarters around , and a year hence at the immediate right of the handle . According to this scheme , symbols on the flat bottom of the cup pertain to the entire period . If a symbol lies partly on the bottom ...
Page 38
... handle in his left hand , rim upwards , and turn it three times from left to right in one fairly rapid swinging movement . He should then very slowly and care- fully invert it over the saucer and leave it there for a minute , so as to ...
... handle in his left hand , rim upwards , and turn it three times from left to right in one fairly rapid swinging movement . He should then very slowly and care- fully invert it over the saucer and leave it there for a minute , so as to ...
Page 42
... handle and near the rim of the cup , the letter is close at hand ; if in the bottom there will be delay in its ... handle right round the cup and back to the handle , it shows that he will compass appears where the return ; if they end ...
... handle and near the rim of the cup , the letter is close at hand ; if in the bottom there will be delay in its ... handle right round the cup and back to the handle , it shows that he will compass appears where the return ; if they end ...
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Reading Tea Leaves: The Modern Mystic's Guide to Tea Leaf Divination A Highland Seer Limited preview - 2022 |
Reading Tea Leaves: The Modern Mystic's Guide to Tea Leaf Divination A Highland Seer No preview available - 2022 |
Common terms and phrases
accompanied by dots anchor appears approaching astrologers bad luck bird flying bols Butterfly C. G. Jung Ceylon teas CHAPTER clairvoyance clouds coming events conjunction consultant course crosses cutting the cards Dalai Lama Dartmoor death Delphi denote Destiny dominoes Dorje Drakden enemies flowers foretell forms of divination Fortune-telling friends future hand handle happen happy marriage Highland Seer horary horoscope HORSE-SHOE HOUR-GLASS importance indicate initial INTERPRETATION Fig John Harney journey judgment leaf leaves grouped legacy Line of dots List of Symbols lucky sign method Middle England mind misfortune moon name begins Nechung Nechung oracle oblong obscure occult occurrence omens oracle person possesses practice PRINCIPAL SYMBOLS Large prognostications Pythia quarrels reading tea-leaves result ritual seer to seer separation of lovers Sepharial shapes and figures sign of honour sign of travel significations success in business surrounded by dots taint Tarot tea-cup reading Tibet tion triangles tricity trouble turn wavy wealth