How To Read Tea Leaves
One of the most challenging psychic tools for beginners is that of tasseomancy, or divining through tea leaves. The trick to reading tea leaves is to use plenty of imagination and intuition. The trick to writing an article about tea leaves is to resist -- with all one's psychic might -- using phrases such as: "get to the bottom of.." and " leaf that alone…" All in all, difficult for everyone involved.
Students of my Psychic Experiential classes usually struggle to discern symbols and patterns from among the scattered, wet leaves. Our adult brains seem to have lost the ability to freely and wildly imagine what the shapes might mean. Logical training insists we see things exactly and this inhibits our ability to read some traditional divination methods like tea leaves. My own approach is to treat tea leaves like a Rorschach inkblot test; squint my eyes and pretend I am seeing symbols. I have had good results with this. Here are some basic hints and instructions for this fun pastime; maybe you will find a hidden talent for this type of divination.
Select a white, bowl-like teacup and a saucer. Brew loose, high quality tea leaves in a pot with a wide spout. Pour, making sure there are plenty of leaves in the cup, and drink the tea while considering your question until a small amount of liquid remains. Swirl the liquid quickly for approximately three times. Make sure the tea leaves are carried to the rim of the cup without spilling. Put the saucer over the top. Invert the cup into the saucer and allow liquid to drain away. Pick up the cup and softly focus on the patterns formed by the leaves. Let your imagination guide you in locating images and symbols on the various parts of the cup. If you see a pattern and don=t know the meaning, try letting your intuitive inner voice relay a message. Most important of all is maintaining a good sense of fun. The minute reading tea leaves seems like work, you will be blocking your intuition; so relax and enjoy. If nothing else, you have had a nice cup of tea.
Positions on the cup:
Handle: questioner/home
Left of Handle: past
Right of Handle: future
Opposite Handle: outsiders
Near Rim: immediate future
Base: far future
Some basic symbols:
Anchor security
Arrow news
Broom clearing up
Egg something new
Eye watch
Heart love
Horn abundance
Horseshoe good luck
Knife broken friendship
Ring proposal
Scissors separation
Ship journey
Star success
Sun happiness
Tree improvements
By Margaret Ruth for Intent.com
