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Tea Cup Reading: A Quick and Easy Guide to Tasseography
The art of reading tea leaves has been practiced for centuries by everyone from Buddhist monks to Bedouins to Gypsies. Once very popular in Britain and Ireland and all the countries they settled, including our own, the practice has all but faded away. Now, this concise book provides quick, easy, and fun instructions for practicing tasseography today. The book includes everything needed to become an accomplished Tea Cup Reading is an essential reference for this fascinating interpretive art.
144 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
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About the author
Sasha Fenton
154 books65 followersI’m an author, speaker and publisher. My husband, Jan Budkowski, and I run two publishing companies:
Stellium Ltd (www.stelliumpub.com) for fiction, digital and self-publishing services, and
Zambezi Publishing Ltd (www.zampub.com) for Mind, Body & Spirit titles.
I became a professional astrologer, palmist and Tarot card reader in 1974, but I tailed off my consultancy business when my writing took off. I’ve written 136 books, mainly on mind, body & spirit subjects, with total sales of around 7 million copies, and translations of some titles into twelve languages. Like an addict, I still write, most recently a trio of time travel, action romance novels – the Tudorland series (Sophie’s Inheritance, Lucy’s Dilemma and Emily’s Mistake), a gentle spell book (Spells in Focus) for our publishing company, and In Focus: Astrology for Quarto.com
I’ve taught, broadcast and lectured all over the world, and written for many magazines and newspapers. One of my favourite features was a detailed Chinese Astrology column in Prediction magazine, starting with the January 2012 issue, until the magazine sadly closed a year later. I’ve been interested in Chinese Astrology for some time, and I concentrate on making it more accessible to our western minds.
As a past President of the British Astrological and Psychic Society (BAPS), past Chair for the Advisory Panel on Astrological Education and past member of the Executive Council of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, I like to think I have contributed to the writing and mind, body & spirit communities in the UK.
More recently, Jan and I created MBS Professionals Ltd, a unique, international accreditation/certification home for Mind, Body & Spirit professionals. (www.mbsprofessionals.com)
Although I still love to write, Jan and I now spend more time in running our MB&S publishing business (Zambezi Publishing Ltd), and in our brief spare time, a spot of fly fishing in the beautiful South West of England is a great way to relax...
Stellium Ltd (www.stelliumpub.com) for fiction, digital and self-publishing services, and
Zambezi Publishing Ltd (www.zampub.com) for Mind, Body & Spirit titles.
I became a professional astrologer, palmist and Tarot card reader in 1974, but I tailed off my consultancy business when my writing took off. I’ve written 136 books, mainly on mind, body & spirit subjects, with total sales of around 7 million copies, and translations of some titles into twelve languages. Like an addict, I still write, most recently a trio of time travel, action romance novels – the Tudorland series (Sophie’s Inheritance, Lucy’s Dilemma and Emily’s Mistake), a gentle spell book (Spells in Focus) for our publishing company, and In Focus: Astrology for Quarto.com
I’ve taught, broadcast and lectured all over the world, and written for many magazines and newspapers. One of my favourite features was a detailed Chinese Astrology column in Prediction magazine, starting with the January 2012 issue, until the magazine sadly closed a year later. I’ve been interested in Chinese Astrology for some time, and I concentrate on making it more accessible to our western minds.
As a past President of the British Astrological and Psychic Society (BAPS), past Chair for the Advisory Panel on Astrological Education and past member of the Executive Council of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, I like to think I have contributed to the writing and mind, body & spirit communities in the UK.
More recently, Jan and I created MBS Professionals Ltd, a unique, international accreditation/certification home for Mind, Body & Spirit professionals. (www.mbsprofessionals.com)
Although I still love to write, Jan and I now spend more time in running our MB&S publishing business (Zambezi Publishing Ltd), and in our brief spare time, a spot of fly fishing in the beautiful South West of England is a great way to relax...
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March 23, 2013
Tea Cup Reading: A Quick and Easy Guide to Tasseography by Sasha Fenton is one I've had in my library for a while, and I really do love it. The only reason it didn't get the 5 stars was because of my wish for even more symbols.
That being said, it had a bit of everything: history on tea, how to read either tea leaves or coffee grounds, tips on locations in the cup, and tea leaf reading itself (some call it tasseography, which is the writing or layout of leaves in a cup; others call it tasseomancy, which is cup divination - either way, a very enjoyable form of divination)
It touches on the meaning of finding astrological symbols, tarot symbols, playing card symbols, and numbers 1-9, as well as having an extensive dictionary of symbols which are listed in alphabetical order (pages 35-135)
It's a great book for beginners and more advanced tea leaf readers alike. I really do wish someone would put out a more comprehensive book on symbols. More along the lines of dictionary-size. (If there is one out there that I don't know about, I'd love to hear about it)
Of course, as with any divination, a lot depends on the instincts of the reader anyway. What do you initially think or feel the symbol is and what it means? It's one of those things that evolves over time...with practice.
Great book to have in your library!
That being said, it had a bit of everything: history on tea, how to read either tea leaves or coffee grounds, tips on locations in the cup, and tea leaf reading itself (some call it tasseography, which is the writing or layout of leaves in a cup; others call it tasseomancy, which is cup divination - either way, a very enjoyable form of divination)
It touches on the meaning of finding astrological symbols, tarot symbols, playing card symbols, and numbers 1-9, as well as having an extensive dictionary of symbols which are listed in alphabetical order (pages 35-135)
It's a great book for beginners and more advanced tea leaf readers alike. I really do wish someone would put out a more comprehensive book on symbols. More along the lines of dictionary-size. (If there is one out there that I don't know about, I'd love to hear about it)
Of course, as with any divination, a lot depends on the instincts of the reader anyway. What do you initially think or feel the symbol is and what it means? It's one of those things that evolves over time...with practice.
Great book to have in your library!
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August 14, 2007I'd never heard of tasseography...so I just looked it up and found out that tasseography is the art of tea leaf reading.. but also refers to the reading of coffee grounds. I get my coffee grounds read at the Turkish Festival every year and it's crazy how accurate it is (plus you get to drink some really good Turkish coffee). The fortune tellers are able to tell me about very specific events in my life (past, present and future) complete with the first letter of the names of people and places. It's neat stuff. (The Turkish Festival is worth checking out in general btw). Not sure if I want to learn how to read coffee/tea myself...but I might check out this book anyway..
September 4, 2018
The first third of the book introduces a brief history of tea and coffee, some tips to conducting tea readings, some ephemera about uses of teabags, and a seemingly random collection of other divination methods. Unfortunately, I was hoping for a researched history of how tea leaf reading developed but was sadly disappointed. The content of the book outside the illustrated guide could have used some stronger editing and more focus on enriching the reader's understanding of the historical context of tasseography.
However, the real interest and bulk of the book consists of its illustrated alphabetical guide to common symbols one might encounter while conducting a tea leaf reading and common interpretations of these symbols based on their proximity to parts of the cup as well as other symbols. If divination methods interest you, you will enjoy this book. The symbol reference alone makes it worthwhile.
However, the real interest and bulk of the book consists of its illustrated alphabetical guide to common symbols one might encounter while conducting a tea leaf reading and common interpretations of these symbols based on their proximity to parts of the cup as well as other symbols. If divination methods interest you, you will enjoy this book. The symbol reference alone makes it worthwhile.
April 3, 2022
My quest to read every esoteric book in my University Library system continues ...
April 9, 2019
A guide to predicting the future using tea leaves / coffee grounds.
I thought the sections on the history of tea and coffee were interesting, not to sure whether I could see some of the shapes / forms in practice.
Reading time around ninety minutes.
I thought the sections on the history of tea and coffee were interesting, not to sure whether I could see some of the shapes / forms in practice.
Reading time around ninety minutes.
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