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The Art Of Tea-Leaf Reading
With a soothing cup of tea, this cozy book, and a bit of practice, anyone can learn to predict the future using the ancient art of tea-leaf reading. Charmingly illustrated and practical, it instructs on how to choose the right teacup, teapot, and tea; prepare the perfect cup of tea for a reading; and implement the tea-reading ritual. A directory of 300 shapes and symbols contains all the information required to interpret the leaves, with instant advice and answers to questions about romance, travel, career, money, health, friends, and pets. Whether you read for yourself as a morning meditation or to mark a special day, or provide readings for others, it's a powerful tool for expanding intuition, confidence, and self-knowledge.
- GenresReferenceNonfiction
176 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2005
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About the author
Jane Struthers
81 books8 followersJane Struthers fell in love with astrology, palmistry, tarot reading and reading tea leaves in her teens, and shes never looked back. She is a professional, full-time writer and astrologer, who has appeared on television and radio many times. She is currently the astrologer for Bella, the best-selling weekly womens magazine, and before that she was the astrologer for The Sun, writing as Gemini Jane.
Jane has written over twenty books on a wide variety of subjects, but she specializes in mind, body and spirit topics. She trained as a healer at the College of Psychic Studies in London and has completed the first stage of the Bach Flower Remedies training. She teaches astrology at the London School of Astrology, and has also lectured abroad on astrology and tarot.
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Jane has written over twenty books on a wide variety of subjects, but she specializes in mind, body and spirit topics. She trained as a healer at the College of Psychic Studies in London and has completed the first stage of the Bach Flower Remedies training. She teaches astrology at the London School of Astrology, and has also lectured abroad on astrology and tarot.
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October 17, 2022
Delightful.
July 6, 2019
A great book for beginners! The book has a lot of really good information (including a history of tea, which I found fascinating). It is very aesthetically pleasing; the entire thing is colour-coded, which I, a Virgo, just adored.
My two critiques of this book would be...
Number one, I feel like the book struggles from a lack of content. It's already really short and sweet (the only reason it took me so long to read was because I was pausing to practice what I was learning). And although this does make it ideal for beginners, I personally feel it could have had more of a variety of ways to use tea-leaf reading or go about doing a tea-leaf reading.
And this brings me into my second critic, which is how the author teaches you how to do a tea-leaf reading. The author makes tea-leaf reading seem very "one size fits all", when in actuality, however YOU want to go about the practice is perfectly okay. I wish the author had implored you to follow your own intuition a little bit more instead of having a strict way to go about things. For example, because I am living a minimalist lifestyle, it's not practical for me to have a tea-pot just for tea-leaf readings that I can use for regular tea-brewing. The author claims that you should. I have been reading tea leaves for years and I've never found it to be a problem. I would have appreciated the author making more room for different ways of doing things, because while I already know that it is okay to go your own way, a beginner may not, and I feel this book is best suited for beginners.
That being said, this is a great starting place for anyone who is interested in getting into tea-leaf readings, and I wouldn't mind having a copy on my (minimalist) bookshelf!
My two critiques of this book would be...
Number one, I feel like the book struggles from a lack of content. It's already really short and sweet (the only reason it took me so long to read was because I was pausing to practice what I was learning). And although this does make it ideal for beginners, I personally feel it could have had more of a variety of ways to use tea-leaf reading or go about doing a tea-leaf reading.
And this brings me into my second critic, which is how the author teaches you how to do a tea-leaf reading. The author makes tea-leaf reading seem very "one size fits all", when in actuality, however YOU want to go about the practice is perfectly okay. I wish the author had implored you to follow your own intuition a little bit more instead of having a strict way to go about things. For example, because I am living a minimalist lifestyle, it's not practical for me to have a tea-pot just for tea-leaf readings that I can use for regular tea-brewing. The author claims that you should. I have been reading tea leaves for years and I've never found it to be a problem. I would have appreciated the author making more room for different ways of doing things, because while I already know that it is okay to go your own way, a beginner may not, and I feel this book is best suited for beginners.
That being said, this is a great starting place for anyone who is interested in getting into tea-leaf readings, and I wouldn't mind having a copy on my (minimalist) bookshelf!
June 28, 2012
this is a great book as a resource and if u want to start reading tea leafs
i would reccomened this book
i would reccomened this book
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