Sunday, September 15, 2013

Tasseomancy ~ The Art of Reading Tea Leaves




1. Choose a loose tea - you may want to choose herbs that lend to your intent/question or to enhance  psychic abilities. Alternately, if you dislike tea, coffee or wine also work (they are from a plant after all).

2. Use a wide mouth tea cup with a saucer. There are a few different cups with symbols from different traditions to aid your reading - like the zodiac themed cup (it may also have a printed saucer) to the right - but some can be quite expensive, so if you want to use one great, but don't worry, they are not required.

3. Sip, enjoy and allow your energy to infuse with the herbs. You can keep your question in mind, or just drink your tea and let the message you need to know come through.
4. When you are finished, here are two of many methods a) read the leaves as they naturally land when finished b) cover with the saucer and swirl the cup  3x while asking your question - an extended version of this includes flipping the cup upside down after swirling, then back over and wait a few moments for the leaves to settle back into the cup.

5. When reading, first observe the cup and allow your gut response to the pattern. e.g. Evenly spread out = balance in the persons life.. and so on. Closer to the rim indicates things happening in the home/close to the person, then immediate family/close friends, and so on to the bottom. 
Generally the reading begins at the handle which represents current events, moving clockwise (see diagram).  Some people can see further than others. So the sections can be hours for a 24hr reading, or a year, or a lifetime.

Look for letters and symbols (see chart). Notice those that jump out first. Allow your third eye and minds eye to work together, like seeing shapes in clouds. The chart above is merely a guideline to assist you..personal experiences and associations with a symbol should be trusted. :)


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