Tea Leaf Symbols
How to Read Tea Leave Symbols
The art of Tea Leaf Reading is thousands of years old. There are some common tea leaf symbols and meanings that we would like to share with you. We also recommend that you consider the book, Tea Cup Reading: A Quick and Easy Guide to Tasseography , it will really help if you are just starting out or looking for some assistance with your teal leaf reading skills.
It is also important to note that every tea leaf reader has their own interpretation of the tea leaf symbols and the tea leaf symbols and meanings below are only a guide for those just learning how to read tea leaves.
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Free Tea Leaf Readings & Tea SymbolsUse the tea leaf symbols list below to do your own free tea leaf readings using the list of tea leaf symbols. Tea Leaf Reading and Tea Leaf Symbols can make a great activity for a party. This is a lot of fun when you get a group of people together and distribute the list of teal leaf symbols & meanings. Give each person a copy of the list of tea leaf symbols, and put a pen and paper beside each cup. You can then go around cup to cup and have some fun writing down which tea leaf symbols each of you see. At the end, each person will have an interesting free tea leaf reading to take home! Complete with their list of tea leaf symbols and meanings to review later. Tea Leaf Symbols & MeaningsHere is our list of tea leaf symbols for you to print and use. This is not an inclusive list of tea leaf symbols, there are 1000's and we have only captured a few. Abbey: future ease and freedom from worry Acorn: Men, youth, improvement in health, continued health and strength Airplane: Travel, new projects Anchor: Voyage, rest, a lucky sign, Success in business and love Angel: good news, especially good fortune in love Apes: secret enemies Apples: long life, gain by commerce Apple Tree: change for the better arch, a journey abroad Arrow: a disagreeable letter from the arrow's direction, misfortune overcome by patience; or a legacy axe, difficulties overcome, news Badger: long life and prosperity as a bachelor Basket: Gift, an addition to the family Baby: New interests Bat: fruitless journeys or tasks Bear: a long period of travel Beasts: other then those mentioned, foretell misfortune Bees, honey comb, hive: Industry, frugalness, hard work Bell: Celebrations, marriage (Bells ring in the new but also ring out the old. The bell may be tolling hard times as well.) Bird: Psychic powers, movement, motion, good luck, a lucky sign; good news if flying, a fortunate journey Boat: Discoveries, a friend will visit Book: Wisdom Bouquet: one of the luckiest of symbols, a happy marriage Bridge: a favorable journey Broom: Cleanliness, feminity, domesticity, purification, healing, warfare with negativity Building: a removal Bull: slander by an enemy Bush: an invitation into society Cage, prison bars: restriction, isolation, solitude Camel: a burden to be patiently borne Cannon: good fortune Car: approaching wealth, visits from friends Cart: fluctuations of fortune Castle: unexpected fortune or legacy Cat: Wisdom, intellectualism, aloofness, difficulties caused by treachery Cathedral: great prosperity Cattle: prosperity Cauldron: Transformation, great change, women, new beginnings, endings Chain: an early marriage; if broken, trouble in store Chair: an addition to the family Church: a legacy Circles: money or presents Clock: Death, time in any manifestation, change Clouds: Headaches, mental problems, the mind, thoughts, a serious trouble; if surrounded by dots financial success Clover: a very lucky sign; happiness and prosperity Coffin: Surprise its not death! A long and boring but not serious illness Comet: misfortune and trouble Compass: a sign of traveling as a profession Cow: Money or a prosperous sign Cradle: Strangers Crescent: Freshness, newness, mother, women Cornucopia: Fertility, protection, prosperity, animals, containment Cross: The forces of nature, the elements, great energies at work, a sign of trouble, delay or even death Crown: Success and honor Crown and Cross: good fortune resulting from death Dagger: favors from friends Deer: quarrels, disputes; failure in trade Distaff: Creativity, change, sexuality, transformation Dog: Love, fidelity, faithful friends Donkey: a legacy long awaited Dove: a lucky symbol; progress in prosperity and affection Dragon: a great and sudden change Duck: Wealth, plenty Eagle: honour and riches through change of residence Egg: Increase, fertility, luck Elephant: a lucky sign; good health Eye: Introspection, inspection, evaluation Falcon: a persistent enemy Ferret: active enemies Fish: Sexuality, riches, lucky speculation, good news from abroad; surrounded by dots, Immigration Flag: danger from wounds inflicted by an enemy Flame, fire: Purification, change, the will, domination, driving forces Flower: good fortune, success, happy marriage Fox: treachery by a trusted friend Frog: success in love and commerce Gallows: a sign of good luck Glove: Luck, protection Goat: a sign of enemies, and misfortune to a sailor Goose: happiness; a successful venture Grasshopper: a great friend will become a soldier Greyhound: good fortune by strenuous exertion Gun, pistol, rifle: Discord, disaster, slander Hammer: triumph over adversity Hare: a sign of long journey or return of absent friend Harp: marriage, success in love Hat: Rival, honors, success in life Hawk: an enemy Heart: Love, pleasures to come Heavenly Bodies: signifies happiness and success Hen: increase of riches or addition to the family Horns: Fertility, godliness, spirituality, forces of nature Horse: Strength, travel, grave, desires fulfilled through a prosperous journey Horseshoe: Luck, protection, travel, a lucky journey or success in marriage Hour glass: Caution, imminent peril House: Success Human Figures: judged by what they appear to be doing Hummingbird: Communication, visitors Interrogation (mark of): doubt or disappointment Ivy: honour and happiness through faithful friends Jackal: a mischief maker of no account Jug: good health Kangaroo: a rival in business or love Kettle: death Key: Mysteries, enlightenment, security, prosperity, fertility, money, increasing trade, a good husband or wife Kite: a sign of lengthy travel leading to honour and dignity Knife: a warning of disasters through quarrels and enmity Knot: Manifestation, hindrance, marriage, binding, restriction Ladder: Turmoil, sun, ascent, descent, evolution, initiation, a sign of travel Leopard: a sign of immigration and subsequent success Letters: signifies news Lily: on top of cup, health and happiness, bottom, anger, strife Lines: indicate journeys and their directions Lion: Influence, royalty, power, strength, ferocity, greatness through powerful friends Lock: Obstacles, protection, safety, security Man: a visitor arriving Mermaid: misfortune, especially to seafaring persons Mirror: Reversal, moon, women, love, reflection, beauty, knowledge, transference, communication Monkey: deception in love Moon: (as a crescent), prosperity and fortune Mountain: Journeys, hindrances, powerful friends; many mountains, powerful enemies Mouse: Theft, danger of poverty through death or swindling Mushroom: Shelter, food, sudden separation of lovers after a quarrel Nail: Pain, anguish Numbers: very lucky, long life, good health, happy marriage Oblong figures: family or business squabbles Owl: Wisdom, an evil omen, indicative of sickness, poverty, disgrace Palm tree: good luck, children to a wife, marriage to a maid Parrot: Brashness, color, scandal, a sign of emigration for a lengthy period Peacock: Luxury, splendor, vanity, success and acquisition of property; a happy marriage Pear: great wealth and improved social position Pheasant: a legacy Pig: good and bad luck mixed Pigeons: important news if flying, if not, domestic bliss Pineapple: Hospitality, easy life Pine cones: Food, sustenance, winter Pine tree: continuos happiness Pistol: disaster Purse: Gain, money Rabbit: fair success in a city or large town Rat: treacherous servants, losses through enemies Raven: death for the aged, divorce, failure in business Razor: lovers quarrel and separation Reptile: Quarrels Rider: good news from oversees regarding finances Rifle: a sign of discord and strife Ring: Marriage, containment, eternity; if near clouds an unhappy marriage Rose: Love, lost love, richness of life, the past, a lucky sign denoting good fortune and happiness Salt: Purity, purification, money, stability, foundation, cleansing, healing Saw: trouble brought about by strangers Scales: Balance, justice, lawsuit Scissors: Quarrels, separations, illness, separation of lovers Serpents: spiteful enemies, bad luck, illness Shark: danger of death Sheep: success, prosperity Shell: Creativity good luck, money, prosperity, emotional stability Ship: Increase, travel, news, successful journey Skull & Crossbones: Death, resurrection, comfort, consolement Snake: Wisdom, eternity, masculinity, a man, secrecy, knowledge, or a bad omen. Great caution should be exercised Spider: Very good fortune, cunning, secrecy, hidden things, a sign of money coming Spoon: Luck Squares: comfort and peace Star: Excellent luck, divine protection, fortune, wealth, high honors, respectability, success, surrounded by dots foretells great fortune Straight Line: a very pleasant journey. Straight Lines denote peace, happiness and long life Swallow: a journey with a pleasant ending Swan: Good luck, a lover, a happy marriage Sword: Life, death, conflicts, arguments, negativity, disputes, quarrels between lovers Sword (broken): Victory over an enemy Timber: Logs of timber indicate business success Toad: deceit and unexpected enemies Tree: Good luck, forces of nature, age, stability, power, prosperity, and happiness Triangle: One point up-good luck and unexpected legacies, one point down-bad luck Turtle: Sluggishness, fertility, retreat, stagnation Twisted Figures: disturbances and vexation Umbrella: annoyance and trouble Unicorn: scandal Vulture: bitter foes Wagon: a sign of approaching poverty Wavy Lines: Denotes losses and vexation Well: Spirituality, inspiration, Mother Nature, love Wheel: Seasons, reincarnation, completion, endings, forever, an inheritance about to come Windmill: success in enterprise Wolf: beware of jealous intrigues Woman: pleasure and happiness, several women indicates scandal Wood: a speedy marriage Worms: indicate secret foes, pleasure and happiness Yew Tree: death of an aged person leaving his legacy to you Zebra: travel and adventure in foreign lands I hope you have fun with the tea leaf symbols list. 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