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If you believe the human spirit is composed of energy, it isn’t hard to fathom that perhaps that same life force also affects small things in the world around our bodies. The dust for example, floating in a shaft of light seems to be affected by the heat and energy around you hand. It should compare then that particles suspended in hot beverages may also be manipulated by a spiritual ‘power’. Bearing this logic in mind, Tasseomancers believe that the soul’s energy affects the sediment in cups – some believe your human soul actually uses the stuff to write helpful messages to your conscious mind. This is why we need Tasseomancers; without their professional help divining the shapes and symbols composed by your true self, our futures may not be revealed. Tasseography may be the next big thing. Tasseomancers are experts trained in the divination of patterns found in coffee grounds, wine sediment and tea leaves. The very best coffee houses in North America now use digital projectors to display the bottom of each white coffee cup on a projection screen for the whole house to see – specially trained Tasseomancers explain the symbols. Spiritual Coffee Rituals My friends don’t bother the professionals; we drink green coffee and tea and red wine and then read each others coffee grounds in cozy cafes on Queen Street West. People I’ve connected with on WonderCafe.ca that happen to live in my area have now formed a club. We meet once a month to chat about ourselves, religion and politics. One by one we pass our coffee cups around the table and everyone shares the shapes and images they discern inside. Reading coffee grounds Reading coffee grounds is a bit like interpreting a Rorschach Inkblot Test - everyone gets something different out of the black shapes they perceive inside the white cup. And if you follow these basic guidelines you'll find insight on how those specially trained tasseographers do a coffee grounds readings – and you can do it all yourself for free. Use big cups Of course there must be coffee grounds in the cup. Do not filter away these grounds as you pour your coffee into a white, broad-rimmed cup. Drinking the coffee is part of the ritual Focus on your life as you drink the coffee – think about and discuss the problems you are facing, and the dreams you want fulfilled. Focus on the questions you want answered. Leave a little bit of fluid in the bottom. The clockwise swirl Swirl the cup three times clockwise as you repeat a secret wish then turn the cup upside down onto a saucer. If there is too much fluid you may need to strain it with a napkin first so that the coffee leaves don't wash away. Three is a magic number Tasseographers find special significance in the number three. Some manuals advise practitioners stand up and turn their bodies slowly in three circles, while others are content to have their subjects simply pass their hand three times over the cup, and the most modern texts advise merely counting to three aloud. Dump the cup, slowly Try to remain especially contemplative when you pour the remaining coffee from your cup into the saucer. Remember to pour slowly so that most of the grounds remain in your cup. Leave your cup turned upside down on the saucer. After a minimum of three breaths, you may turn over your cup. The remaining liquid will have drained from your cup, leaving a pattern behind. Give the sediment a couple of minutes to dry, and you are ready to do your reading. Turn the cup over and have a look at the patterns from all angles of the cup. The symbols in the cup If your vessel has a handle, read clockwise from the handle. If your cup does not have a handle, read clockwise from 12 o'clock. The first pattern you see is the symbol representing your dominant character, quality, state of mind or question. Jot down your observations on a piece of paper. Look for simple images first, such as shapes, letters or numbers. Triangles, for example, represent good karma, squares raise the need for caution and circles are the harbingers of great success. The very bottom of the cup shows one year in the future It’s traditional to read a cup from the present to the future by starting along the rim at the handle of the cup and following the symbols downward in a spiral manner, until the bottom is reached, which symbolizes the distant future. Where there are no leaves there are also shapes The coffee grounds make shapes, and where there are no coffee bean sediments there are also sometimes white shapes bordered by the grounds – these images are ethereal. They are depictions of emotional events and never concrete objects. They are the opposite of the reality – the anti reality of the divination if that makes any sense. The images here in this white space speak to each subject’s karma and destiny. What do the symbols mean? Once you've discerned the simple images, let your creativity take over and apply names to other clumps of coffee grounds. You might see a giant fish hook (or is that an anchor?), you might see an airplane (or is it a butterfly?), a kite (or a coffin?). You must listen to your intuition to glean what the object really means to you in your life. Good signs Some good omens include an airplane (a journey), an acorn (financial success), an anchor (stability), and an angel (good news) or an apple (prosperity and or fertility). A dog is a good omen – any wild creature except serpents or lizards are considered good omens. Seeing birds means enlightenment, and finding wild deer in your coffee grounds signifies a chance event or a wild encounter is forthcoming. Bad Omens Bad omens include ants (tedious work), a down-turned arrow (bad news), or a dagger (back-stabbing). Obviously spotting a coffin in your coffee leaves is not a good omen, and neither is a cross of any kind. The Tower is bad. Generally speaking any hard angles usually lead to symbols with more profound consequences. Where are the symbols inside the cup? As discussed earlier, the position of the deposits in the cup represents the time line of events. The closer the symbols are to the rim of the cup, the sooner the episode is likely to happen. Anything found on the very bottom of the coffee cup will occur next year. Objects on the left of the handle might even represent a past occurrence. Does this ritual work? Tasseography works on two levels. Discussing stressful elements of your life either publicly or privately is a very healthy activity for the mind and body. It’s the reason we have friends. But what’s more, the sediment patterns in the coffee cup provide an interesting perspective upon which to examine your life. Symbols present in the residue might trigger a new thought or action that would have been inconceivable before experiencing the ritual. Your body is filled with spiritual energy; perhaps your coffee can show your future every morning?
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Tasseography is a popular subject on WonderCafe Rob Campbell www.wondercafe.ca
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