The Art of Tasseography: Interpreting Tea Leaves

The ancient art of interpreting tea "leavings" in your cup of tea is fascinating and may have actual substance, as we are now discovering that our thoughts and words, if significantly focused, may lead to manifestation. We are becoming aware that we are co-creators of our own reality.

The term is derived from the French word tasse (cup), which in turn derives from the Arabic tassa (cup), and is combined with Greek suffixes -graph, -logy, and -mancy (divination). Tasseomancy, tasseology, and tasseography are all terms used to label this art.

Awareness is a component-power of almost any "fortune-telling" craft. When a person truly believes something is going to happen, and that belief has surfaced via a mystical mechanism such as Tasseography, the thoughts and power of intention actually affect the person's life-frequency, and can become substantive. "The Power of Intention" and "The Law of Attraction" has been sited in works that span our creation-life. For example, Proverbs 23:7 says "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." Marty Thompson once said, "We have it backwards, most of us... It's not "seeing is believing, but rather "BELIEVE it and you will SEE it!" She also explained that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but rather SPIRITUAL beings having a HUMAN experience".

Bottom Line: If your tea leaves bring you good news, let your thoughts and emotions reflect that in a focused, powerful way - enjoy the possibilities.

Getting started:

Choose a special tea cup, (I prefer one that is large enough to hold all of my good fortune); one that reflects your persona or appeals to you aesthetically. This special choosing "tells" the universe that you are believing in every detail of this activity. It reflects "thought - fullness", which in turn churns more energy into the outcome, the tea-reading.

Next, brew a delicious loose tea of your choosing and find a tranquil place to sip the tea until only a little amount remains - clear your mind and while doing so, finish the remainder of the liquid. Some discographers recommend swirling the tea a certain amount of times before the last swig - perhaps using your "lucky number" (unless it's 453 or something that would take all night!). Now, view the tea that clings to the cup - first impressions are important to an accurate "read".

Carefully note what shapes and forms the tea is exhibiting.

Here are a few interpretations of tea-shapes that you may see in your cup:

SHELL - good news, nautilus, sea of creation

SHOE - sole/soul, condition of shoe is important, transformation

SNAKE - DNA, wisdom, or if the snake is attacking, an enemy

SPIDER - weaving together

STAR - health and happiness, hope, heavens, Isis and other goddesses, female energies,

SUN - happiness, success, power

SWORD - arguments

TABLE - social gatherings, UFO platform, outside the box

TENT - travel, cover, hidden truth

THIMBLE - changes at home

TORTOISE - criticism, usually beneficial, slow moving, Turtle Island (Earth)

ACORN - at the top means success and gain: At the bottom means good health.

AIRCRAFT - journey; if broken means danger of accident; can also mean a rise in position

ANCHOR - cross, Jesus, at top rest, stability, constancy; at bottom means clouded, inconstancy

APPLE - computer, knowledge, achievement

AXE - difficulties; if at top overcoming of difficulties

BABY - something new, pregnancy

BALL - completion, variable fortunes

BELL - harmonics, creation, spiritual, unexpected news

BIRDS - ascension, good news, bird headed beings

BOAT - lifepath, (note size and speed of boat), and visit from a friend, protection

BOOK - you will find your answer by something written, if open it's good news; if closed you need to investigate something

BUTTERFLY - transition, transformation, Butterfly Effect

CANDLE - sacred light, creational flame, help from others

CAT - deceit, a false friend, Cat Headed Beings

CHAIN - DNA, engagement, a wedding, chain link, karma

CHAIR - a guest

CIRCLE - success, completion

CLOCK - alchemy of time and consciousness, better health

COIN - change in financial status

CROSS - protection, sacrifice

TREE - improvements, of life, creation, book of life, your life path

TRIANGLE - something unexpected, 3 in a relationship, pyramids, 3, third dimension

URN - wealth and happiness

VASE - a friend needs help

VOLCANO - harmful emotions

WAGON - a wedding, wagon wheels (wheels within wheels)

WASP - romantic problems

WATERFALL - prosperity

WHEEL - if complete means good fortune; if broken means disappointment

WINGS - messages, winged beings

WOLF - jealousy

ANCHOR - a voyage

ARROW - bad news!

BIRD - good news or travel by air

CAT - good luck

LOOP - loops of time and creation, avoid impulsive actions

MASK - something hidden

MOUNTAIN - obstacles or a specific area

MOUSE - theft, computer

MUSHROOM - at top means journey or moving to the country; near bottom means rapid growth; if reversed means frustration, psychedelics

NAIL - injustice, unfairness

NECKLACE - DNA, complete, admirers; if broken means danger of losing a lover

NEEDLE - recognition, admiration, sewing, eye, weaving

OAK - health, long life, tree of life

OCTOPUS - danger, 8, infinity

OSTRICH - travel, not seeking a truth

OWL - gossip, scandal, aliens owl symbology

PALM TREE - success, honor, place were they grow

PARASOL - open (you will glean insightful information), closed (something hidden), raining

PARROT - repeating something, a twin, a journey, people talking and saying nothing

PIG - greed

PURSE - at top means profit; at bottom means lose

QUESTION MARK - need for caution

CIRCLE - trust and love

CRESCENT MOON - changes

EGG - increase

KNIFE - arguments

DOG - good friends

EAGLE - strength, overcoming adversity