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Glossary
Tasseography
Reading the shapes left by coffee grounds or tea leaves in a cup, a tradition from Turkey to Iran and the Balkans.
How a coffee cup is read
- Drink the Turkish coffee, leaving the thick grounds at the bottom.
- Make a wish, cover the cup with the saucer and turn it over towards you.
- Wait for it to cool, then lift the cup and read the shapes.
Zones of the cup
Near the rim is the near future, the bottom the distant one; the handle side is the self and home, the far side others and the outside world. The saucer is read for the wish. Birds often mean news, roads a journey, fish luck and a ring an engagement.
Take a photo of your cup in coffee cup reading.
See it in your own chart
Astrool calculates your full birth chart, not just your sun sign, and writes your daily, weekly and monthly readings against it.
Common questions
Can tea leaves be read the same way?
Yes, with loose tea; the zones and symbols are similar.
Why turn the cup towards yourself?
Tradition says it draws the grounds toward the drinker's own story.