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At the bottom of a cup of tea or coffee, the leaves and grounds draw shapes. For those who know how to read them, they speak of love, work and the roads ahead: this is tasseography.
Sun, heart, key, bird or snake: here is how to read your future in tea and coffee, and the meaning of the most common symbols.
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Start with the simple shapes, then learn to recognize the symbols:
Luck
One triangle announces luck; three in a row, great happiness.
Protection
Protection and comfort; stretched into a rectangle, it may signal a quarrel.
A cycle
A cycle coming to an end; when there are many, circles also speak of money.
Projects
Straight or dotted, they announce projects and journeys; winding, a detour.
A choice
Trials and choices: a crossroads lies ahead.
Great joy
Success, clarity and new beginnings: great joy is on its way.
Intuition
Emotions, dreams and intuition: listen to what you feel.
Luck
Hope and success; bright and clear, success comes quickly.
Prosperity
Luck, growth and a goal achieved; it also speaks of family and roots.
Love
Happiness and love: a gentle period begins.
Love
Love and confidences; clear, a strong love; blurred, feelings still confused.
Commitment
Union, marriage or an important agreement: a cycle comes full circle.
An opportunity
A door opens: a new chance or a mystery solved.
Home
Security, family, home life: a project linked to the house.
News
A message is coming; in flight, the news is close.
Friendship
Loyalty and friendship: a trusted ally at your side.
Mystery
Independence and intuition, sometimes a betrayal to thwart.
Freedom
Success, travel and freedom; galloping, success is near.
Abundance
Money coming in or an unexpected gain; big fish, big gain.
Caution
A rival, a deception or a temptation: stay alert.
Harbor
A journey ending, stability regained.
An idea
Innovation and light: a new idea lights your way.
A clean sweep
The end of a problem: a clean slate for what comes next.
A setback
Complications, especially in business: be patient.
A challenge
An obstacle to overcome, or a great goal to reach.
A passage
A transition, a turning point; sturdy, the passage will be smooth.
A journey
A departure, an adventure; with full sails, it is near.
Transformation
A happy change: you leave the old behind.
A marker
Numbers give time frames or dates, letters the initials of important people.
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Tasseography, from the French tasse, cup, and the Greek graphein, to write, is the art of reading the future in the remains of a drink. It originated in China under the Tang dynasty (618-907), with tea. In the West it developed in the 17th century, especially in England, as tea became everyone’s drink.
In the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire, coffee took over: Turkish coffee, boiled with its grounds, gave birth to a tradition still very much alive, from Turkey to Greece. Tea or coffee, the principle is the same: shapes to recognize and interpret.
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Use a white or plain cup and saucer, with no pattern to disturb the reading, and loose-leaf tea brewed without a strainer. Then:
The cup reads like a timeline: the rim represents the present or near future; the closer you get to the bottom, the further back into the past you go.
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For coffee, use very finely ground coffee, boiled with water and, if you like, a little sugar, like Turkish or Greek coffee:
In the Turkish tradition, each part of the cup has a meaning:
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Start with the geometric shapes, easier to spot, before looking for complex figures. Look at how clear they are too: a sharp symbol announces an event soon, a blurred one a situation you are not yet aware of. Size matters: a large symbol weighs more than a small one.
Above all, let your intuition speak: the same pattern can take on a different meaning depending on your question. As with runes, the cup lights the way without drawing it for you.
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