Oh I have guide on how to do this BTW. Lemme find it…
Tasseography
/ “Tea Leaf Reading,” and adaptable to other randomized splatter patterns
I use this as an introspective / meditative experience. It’s kind of like a complicated Rorschach evaluation of yourself that you can use to bring your subconscious thoughts forward. You just sit and meditate on your mental state in the context of your past, present, and future and in four primary domains (see below). It would work with any random splatter pattern: instead of a handle you would read it starting at where you’re standing relative to the image and move your way around it clockwise starting at fire and proceeding through to earth. Although, as others have stated, beginning with food waste whether it’s ravioli or the entrails of a slaughtered animal is likely not good even from a practical and non-metaphysical perspective on the concept of karma.
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Process
Use a cup with a handle or identify / create a mark for the side the cup is held by.
Brew a cup of loose leaf tea (not in a bag / infuser or poured through a filter).
Meditate while drinking the tea.
Leave only a small amount of water.
Hold the cup upright in the left #hand
Swirl the cup gently clockwise.
Invert the cup over a saucer or dish.
Wait at least a minute but not more than 5.
Pick the cup up with your right hand.
Regions
See the [[Tree of Life.canvas|Tree of Life]] (this is part of an obsidian notebook)
(Short version):
fire = inspiration / the soul
water = the emotions and close interpersonal relationships (family / close friends)
air = knowledge and more distant social relationships (coworkers, clients, and acquaintances)
earth = money, possessions, and other fruits of one’s labor
Simple Symbols
Ebb, flow, and centering of #energy, #karma, and/or [[10. Wheel of Fortune|luck]]
Lines: efficient orderly flow of energy
Broken Lines: rapid chaotic flow of energy
Wavy Lines: long circuitous flow of energy
Arrows / horseshoes: directional flow. The arrow points to where the energy is focused / the energy collects in the curve of the horseshoe.
Oh I have guide on how to do this BTW. Lemme find it…
Tasseography
/ “Tea Leaf Reading,” and adaptable to other randomized splatter patterns
I use this as an introspective / meditative experience. It’s kind of like a complicated Rorschach evaluation of yourself that you can use to bring your subconscious thoughts forward. You just sit and meditate on your mental state in the context of your past, present, and future and in four primary domains (see below). It would work with any random splatter pattern: instead of a handle you would read it starting at where you’re standing relative to the image and move your way around it clockwise starting at fire and proceeding through to earth. Although, as others have stated, beginning with food waste whether it’s ravioli or the entrails of a slaughtered animal is likely not good even from a practical and non-metaphysical perspective on the concept of karma.
dark mode
light mode
Process
Regions
See the [[Tree of Life.canvas|Tree of Life]] (this is part of an obsidian notebook)
(Short version):
Simple Symbols
Ebb, flow, and centering of #energy, #karma, and/or [[10. Wheel of Fortune|luck]]