Tasseography
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Tasseography is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments.
An example of a tea leaf reading, showing what may be interpreted as a dog and a bird on the side of the cup
Dwaasheid van het bijgeloof (Foolishness of superstition), a 1782 engraving by Daniel Chodowiecki
Spring Pouchong tea (Chinese: 包種茶; pinyin: Bāozhòngchá) leaves that may be used for tasseography divination
Zodiac cup and saucer with zodiac signs and shamrock
Fortune-telling
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Fortune-telling is the spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is tha
Tasseography
…Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy, tassology, or tasseology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments. The terms derive from the French word tasse (cup), which in turn…
Gypsy Fortune-Teller (1841) by Taras Shevchenko
The Fortune Teller, by Enrique Simonet (1899; canvas; Museo de Málaga), depicting a palm reading
Japanese fortune teller using the I Ching, 1914
Storefront psychic fortune teller in Boston