Coffee cup reading is a widespread and popular fortune telling method, which speaks of both the past and the future. The shapes in the lower half of the cup tell the past and shapes in the top tell the future.
The shapes that feature on the right side are usually interpreted positively, while shapes on the left are interpreted as signs of bad events, enemies, illnesses and troubles. and the like.
The coffee should be drunk only from one side of the cup. Then the saucer is placed on top of the cup, and a wish is made. With the saucer still covering the top, the cup is held at chest level and turned counter-clockwise a few times.
The cup is then turned upside down onto the saucer, and left to cool. Sometimes a coin may be placed on top to make the cup cool faster and to dispel bad omens that could be read from it.
When the coffee cup is cool enough, someone other that the person who drunk the coffee “opens” the cup. If the cup and the saucer are firmly stuck, and the person is having trouble separating them, it’s believed that this particular cup should not be read.
This is a case of “prophet’s fortune telling,” where it is assumed that the person who has drunk from the cup is lucky and does not need to have their fortune read.
If a large chunk of coffee granules should fall to the saucer as the cup is being separated, the interpretation is that the owner of the cup will soon be rid of all troubles and sadness, but if coffee drips onto the saucer as the cup is opened, the person who drunk is to soon shed tears.
After the interpretation of the shapes within the cup, the shapes in the saucer, where the majority of the coffee grounds have dripped are “read”. The saucer is generally interpreted as the home of the person whose cup is being read, and it is said to hold clues about their domestic life.
At the end of the reading, the saucer is flipped over once. If a drop of coffee escapes at this stage and reaches half way into the saucer’s radius, this is taken as a sign that the wish made will come true.
The shapes that feature on the right side are usually interpreted positively, while shapes on the left are interpreted as signs of bad events, enemies, illnesses and troubles. and the like.
The coffee should be drunk only from one side of the cup. Then the saucer is placed on top of the cup, and a wish is made. With the saucer still covering the top, the cup is held at chest level and turned counter-clockwise a few times.
The cup is then turned upside down onto the saucer, and left to cool. Sometimes a coin may be placed on top to make the cup cool faster and to dispel bad omens that could be read from it.
When the coffee cup is cool enough, someone other that the person who drunk the coffee “opens” the cup. If the cup and the saucer are firmly stuck, and the person is having trouble separating them, it’s believed that this particular cup should not be read.
This is a case of “prophet’s fortune telling,” where it is assumed that the person who has drunk from the cup is lucky and does not need to have their fortune read.
If a large chunk of coffee granules should fall to the saucer as the cup is being separated, the interpretation is that the owner of the cup will soon be rid of all troubles and sadness, but if coffee drips onto the saucer as the cup is opened, the person who drunk is to soon shed tears.
After the interpretation of the shapes within the cup, the shapes in the saucer, where the majority of the coffee grounds have dripped are “read”. The saucer is generally interpreted as the home of the person whose cup is being read, and it is said to hold clues about their domestic life.
At the end of the reading, the saucer is flipped over once. If a drop of coffee escapes at this stage and reaches half way into the saucer’s radius, this is taken as a sign that the wish made will come true.