DIVINATION: PENDULUMS,
CARTOMANCY, TEA LEAVES,
RUNES, and TAROT CARDS
In every culture there are traditional occult, magickal, and
spiritual methods for performing divination, predicting the
future, performing auguries, fortune telling, dreaming true,
dreaming lucky, and prophesying. Some of these traditions are
inherent to the individual, and include being born with a veil or
caul or having the gift of second sight or the ability to
foretell the future in dreams or in trance states. Others methods
make use of numerical tables; dice throws; domino reading; dream
books; Bibliomancy or consulting the Bible; and throwing yarrow
stalks or three coins to receive an oracle from the I Ching or Yi
King, the Chinese Book of Changes. Further methods of divination
include dowsing; working with a pendulum; constructing horoscope
charts of the astrological and astronomical positions of the
planets, stars, and the Zodiac; card reading or cartomancy with
playing cards, "parlor sybils," "gypsy cards," or tarot cards;
reading runes; reading bones; palm reading or palmistry; tea leaf
reading; and reading coffee grounds. In this section we offer
tools for divination and books about fortune telling, in all its
many facets.
TAROT CARD DECKS
The tarot is a form of occult and, some say, spiritual card deck.
Originating in Italy in the 1400s, it was apparently devised for
playing a trumping card game called Tarocchi. Since the 1700s it
has been widely used for fortune telling and divination of the
future, and it is also linked by many occult and hermetic authors
to a mystical system of Hebrew Kaballah or even ancient Egyptian
spiritual beliefs. There are hundreds of different tarot decks in
existence, with considerable variation from deck to deck. Most
feature 78 cards, one of which is designated the Fool -- and in
most tarot decks the remainder of the cards are divided into
three portions: four suits of numbered cards (also known as
lesser arcana, the pips, or the minor trumps), four suits of
court cards (also called the face cards), and a series of
non-suited emblematic cards that may be sequentially numbered,
called the major trumps, trionfi, or major arcana. Although
divination with cards seems to have originated with regular
decks of playing cards, tarot cards are now the most popular cards
used for fortune telling, and they are also widely used as aids to
meditation, mystical development, ritual workings, and spell-craft.
"LENORMAND" STYLE CARD-READING DECKS
The most famous card reader of all time was
Mademoiselle Lenormand, who devised a system of identifying
playing cards with certain of life's situations, and who
read cards for Napoleon Bonoparte and his wife the
Emperess Josephine. After Lenormand's death, card makers created
specially illustrated "Lenormand style" decks so that
anyone could use her divination system without having to memorize the
meanings of the playing cards. In these decks, there is
a small image of the regular playing card face set into a larger
colour picture of the mnemonic image, with the set-number in a
circle at the top.
UNNUMBERED "GYPSY" CARTOMANCY, FORTUNE TELLING, AND ORACLE CARD DECKS
In the late 19th century, a third system of card reading
arose in Europe, using unnumbered emblematic cards. Although many of the
images in these sp-called Oracle Card decks derive from
Lenormand style decks,
the cards are not set-numbered and they do not contain insets of playing cards. They generally
come in packs of 36, 48, or 52 cards.
They are sometimes sold under names like "Gypsy Cards," "Oracle Cards,"
or "Cartomancy Cards," but despite the name "Gipsy" in the
title, these cards should not be confused with the Lenormand style 52-card
Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards described above.
PLAYING CARD DECKS
Although most people think only of games when they see a
regular deck of playing cards, the truth is that anyone can,
with a little practice, use these cards for divination. In
some ways their employment for this purpose is more
impressive to a client than the use of pictorial Tarot or
Cartomancy cards, because there are no pictures to give the
reader a hint as to what the cards foretell. Of course these
cards can also be used for playing any number of games --
and some people consider decks that have been used in
fortune telling to be especially lucky for games of chance.
RUNES
Although runes were apparently originally devised as an alphabetic system by
Nordic people, each rune has a meaning, and thus they have become quite
popular for use in divination, especially by means of rune stones.
PENDULUMS
Pendulum divination, like dowsing with wands and rods, is an
ancient practice that is found in many forms around he world. Pendulums are
used to answer yes / no questions; to "dowse" on maps to the
location of treasure, lost objects, or missing people;
to determine the sex of an unborn fetus, and to diagnose
diseases by working them over the patient.
SPIRIT BOARDS, TALKING BOARDS,
Spirit Boards, also called Talking Boards or Planchette Boards, are used
for communication with the dead or other spiritual beings.
There are many kinds of boards, but without a doubt the best-known is
the Ouija Board manufactured by Parker Brothers, which can be used for
fortune telling, divination, or to establish contact with spirits.
FORTUNE TELLING TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS:
Divination by means of tea leaves or coffee grounds is an
ages-old practice especially favoured by women, who excel at it.
There are essentially three systems in use: readings of the
symbolic image-patterns seen in the leaves or grounds, readings
that combine symbolic tea leaf images with zodiacal and planetary
positions demarked within the cup and saucer, and readings that
combine symbolic tea leaf images with cartomancy (playing card
reading) images located within the cup. We carry a limited stock
of VINTAGE and ANTIQUE collector's tea leaf or fortune telling
cups and saucer sets, including antiques such as Red Rose Tea
promotionals, Alfred Meakin, J & G Meakin, Aynsley, Royal
Kendal, etc., and more modern vintage-style reproductions. These
antique and reproduction vintage-style Fortune Teller tea leaf
reading cup and saucer sets range in price from $25.00 to $100.00
or more, depending on age, type, rarity, and condition.
Condition of all tea cup and saucer sets is excellent, which means there are
no chips, no cracks, no crazing, no loss of gilt gold edges UNLESS NOTED.
All prices are for CUP AND SAUCER SET; we have no loose cups and no loose saucers.
Name on cup or brochure, pottery maker, country of origin, and year of
manufacture are listed when known,
SEE ALL FORTUNE TELLER TEACUPS, INCLUDING UNLISTED PIECES NOT IN STOCK OR FOR SALE AT THIS TIME
BOOKS ABOUT DIVINATION
This listing of books about divination, tarot, and related arts
is selected from our general book list for your convenience.
MEXICAN LOTERIA GAME
Sometimes called "Mexican Bingo," Loteria is a fun game for the
entire family -- and the Loteria cards contain highly symbolic
images that many find as useful as cartomancy cards when asking
simple questions requiring highly iconic answers.
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DIV-TAR-ARTN Divination, Tarot Cards Art Nouveau Tarot $22.00
DIV-TAR-CHTS Divination, Tarot Cards Crowley Harris Thoth Tarot, Small $16.00
DIV-TAR-CHTL Divination, Tarot Cards Crowley Harris Thoth Tarot, Large $22.00
DIV-TAR-FAIR Divination, Tarot Cards Fairy Tarot $22.00
DIV-TAR-MARS Divination, Tarot Cards Tarot of Marseilles $15.00
DIV-TAR-NEWV Divination, Tarot Cards Tarot of the New Vision (Vice Versa Tarot) $20.00
DIV-TAR-OWTG Divination, Tarot Cards Oswald Wirth Tarot, Golden $16.00
DIV-TAR-QUIC Divination, Tarot Cards Quick and Easy Tarot (Self-Interpreting Tarot) $20.00
DIV-TAR-RWSE Divination, Tarot Cards Rider Waite Smith Tarot, English $16.00
DIV-TAR-RWSS Divination, Tarot Cards Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, Spanish $16.00
DIV-TAR-S1JJ Divination, Tarot Cards Swiss 1JJ Tarot $16.00
DIV-TAR-VIKI Divination, Tarot Cards Viking Tarot $22.00
DIV-TAR-VISC Divination, Tarot Cards Visconti Tarot, Metallic Embossing $20.00
DIV-TAR-WIFH Divination, Tarot Cards Tarot of the Witches by Fergus Hall $16.00
DIV-LEN-ANTI Divination, LeNormand Cards Antique Cards of Destiny, Lenormand Style $ 5.00
DIV-LEN-FORT Divination, LeNormand Cards Lenormand Fortune Telling cards $ 7.00
DIV-LEN-GYPW Divination, LeNormand Cards Gypsy Witch, Lenormand Style Deck $ 5.00
DIV-LEN-MLLE Divination, LeNormand Cards Mlle. Lemormand, Lenormand Style Deck $ 5.00
DIV-LEN-PARL Divination, LeNormand Cards The Parlour Sibyl, Lenormand Style Deck $11.00
DIV-FOR-ARTD Divination, Cartomancy Cards Art Deco Fortune Telling Cards $5.00
DIV-FOR-BEID Divination, Cartomancy Cards Beidermeier Fortune Telling Cards $5.00
DIV-FOR-GIPS Divination, Cartomancy Cards Gipsy (Zigeuner) Fortune Telling Cards $5.00
DIV-PLA-OLDT Divination, Playing Cards Old Time Christmas Angels Playing Cards $ 5.00
DIV-PLA-ORAC Divination, Playing Cards Oracle Playing Cards $10.00
DIV-PLA-RAVE Divination, Playing Cards Raven Playing Cards, Twin-Pack (1 Blue, 1 Red) $ 2.50
DIV-PLA-SPAN Divination, Playing Cards Spanish Playing Cards $ 5.00
DIV-PLA-TARO Divination, Playing Cards Tarock (Tarocchi) Playing Cards $ 5.00
DIV-PEN-AMET Divination, Pendulum Amethyst Tear-Drop $10.00
DIV-PEN-QUAR Divination, Pendulum Quartz Tear-Drop $10.00
DIV-PEN-SEMI Divination, Pendulum Asst. Semi-Precious Stones Tear-Drop $10.00
and OUIJA BOARDS
CUP OF KNOWLEDGE, CUP OF FORTUNE, CUP OF DESTINY
SKU NUMBER CATEGORY ITEM NAME PRICE
DIV-TLR-AMCE Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Knowledge, Alfred Meakin, England, 1924,
playing cards and "Cup of Knowledge" words interior
Embossed primroses mold, cream glaze
same as AMEF but plain center saucer $75.00
DIV-TLR-AMEF Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Knowledge, Alfred Meakin, England, 1924,
playing cards and "Cup of Knowledge" words interior
Embossed cream-on-cream primroses mold with multi-colour rose bouquet
transfer design in bottom center of suacer, $75.00
Note: Although the booklet for this Alfred Meakin Cup of Knowledge
is not available at this time, the Aynsley booklet reproduction,
DIV-TLR-CKAX, can be used to read any cartomancy-tasseography cups
DIV-TLR-AMLT Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Knowledge, Alfred Meakin, England, 1938,
playing cards and "Cup of Knowledge" words interior
Lipton's Tea Giveaway, cream glaze with three groups of deco flowers, $75.00
Note: The Lipton Cup of Knowledge booklet is available in the form
of a full-colour photocopy.
DIV-TLR-CDBS Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Destiny, Jane Lyle, unknown maker, China, 2000,
zodiacal, planetary, and tea-leaf symbols interior, hand-painted
with presentation box and book $36.00
Note: This set is a knock-off of the 1904 Nelros Cup of Fortune
by Aynsley. It comes with its own 96 page booklet included.
DIV-TLR-AYMG Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Knowledge, Aynsley (green stamp), England, 1924
playing cards and "Cup of Knowledge" words interior
Mint-sherbet-green exterior on Low Doris cup shape, gilded edges, $45.00
Note: Although the booklet for this vintage Aynsley Cup of Knowledge
is not available at this time, the Aynsley booklet reproduction,
DIV-TLR-CKAX, can be used to read any cartomancy-tasseography cups
DIV-TLR-PAMG Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Fortune Teller Cup, Paragon, England, 1935
Mint Green with Fuschia tea-leaf symbols in cup. $135.00
DIV-TLR-PAPE Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Fortune Teller Cup, Paragon, England, 1935
Peach with Fuschia tea-leaf symbols in cup. $135.00
DIV-TLR-ROMA Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Fortune, Romany, Wilkinson's, England, 1935,
52 numbered red and black tea-leaf symbols in cup, RARE. 100.00
DIV-TLR-RRT1 Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Fortune, Red Rose Tea, Taylor and Kent, England, c1965,
named tea-leaf shapes interior in 22k gold
Set #1 (Key Cup) with 13 tea-leaf shapes (7 on cup, 8 on saucer), $25.00
DIV-TLR-RRT2 Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Fortune, Red Rose Tea, Taylor and Kent, England, c1965,
named tea-leaf shapes interior in 22k gold
Set #2 (House Cup) with 13 tea-leaf shapes (7 on cup, 8 on saucer), $25.00
DIV-TLR-RRT3 Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Fortune, Red Rose Tea, Taylor and Kent, England, c1965,
named tea-leaf shapes interior in 22k gold
Set #3 (Horseshoe Cup) with 13 tea-leaf shapes (7 on cup, 8 on saucer), $25.00
DIV-TLR-TAJA Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Fortune, Taltos, Jon Anton, England, 1975,
zodiacal, planetary, and tea-leaf symbols interior, hand-painted $42.00
English ironstone china, $42.00
DIV-TLR-TARK Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Fortune, Taltos, Royal Kendal, England, 1980,
zodiacal, planetary, and tea-leaf symbols interior, hand-painted
fine English bone china, $42.00
DIV-TLR-ZARK Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Cup of Fortune, Zarka, International Collector's Guild, Japan, 1980 - 1985,
zodiacal, planetary, and tea-leaf symbols interior, hand-painted $32.00
Note: This cup is not marked Zarka except on its booklet.
It is a Japanese knock-off of the Taltos Cup of Fortune;
It was also sold as "Fortune Teller Cup" by Lillian Vernon
and "Fortune Teller Cup and Saucer" by Alfred E. Knobler & Co.
DIV-TLR-CKAX Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, Aynsley Cup of Knowedge, c1935,
B&W Facsimile of Original 6 pg. Booklet $4.00
Note: This booklet is one of several versions packed with Aynsley
Cups of Knowledge over the years. It is the tri-fold with the line
drawing of a dragon on the front. It ontains meanings for cards in the cup.
It can be used with any Aynsley, Alfred Meakin, J & G Meakin, Booth's,
Grosvenor Jackson & Gosling, or Fairylite Cup of Knowledge.
DIV-TLR-CKLX Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, Lipton's Tea Cup of Knowledge, Alfred Meakin, 1938,
Colour Facsimile of Original 16 pg. Booklet $14.00
DIV-TLR-RRXX Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, Cup of Fortune, Red Rose Tea, c1965,
Colour Facsimile of Original 10 pg. Booklet $6.00
DIV-TLR-TAXJ Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, Taltos Cup of Fortune, 1975, Jon Anton,
Colour Facsimile of Original 24 pg. Booklet $14.00
DIV-TLR-TAXR Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, Taltos Cup of Fortune, 1980, Royal Kendal,
Colour Facsimile of Original 24 pg. Booklet $14.00
DIV-TLR-ZAXL Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, Lillian Vernon Fortune Telling Cup, 1985,
B&W Facsimile of Original folded sheet $14.00
Note: This folded sheet goes with the Lilian Version version
of the ICG / Zarka Cup of Fortune
DIV-TLR-ZAXZ Divination, Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, Zarka Cup of Fortune, 1980,
Colour Facsimile of Original 24 pg. Zarka Booklet $14.00
Note: This booklet is a Japanese knock-off of the booklet
that goes with Taltos Cup of Fortune
DIV-RUN-BOOR Divination, Runes The Book of Runes (book set with rune stones) $30.00
BOOK-DI-FTC Book Fortune Telling with Cards by P. R. S. Foli OUT OF STOCK
BOOK-DI-ITT Book Introduction to Tarot by Susan Levitt $18.00
BOOK-DI-PKT Book Pictorial Key To The Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite $8.00
BOOK-DI-TCR Book Tea Cup Reading by Sasha Fenton $12.95
BOOK-DI-DBD Book Predictions Libraary: Dreams by David V. Barrett $8.95
BOOK-DI-DBG Book Predictions Libraary: Graphology by David V. Barrett $8.95
BOOK-DI-DBN Book Predictions Libraary: Numerology by David V. Barrett $8.95
BOOK-DI-DBP Book Predictions Libraary: Palmistry by David V. Barrett $8.95
BOOK-DI-DBR Book Predictions Libraary: Runes by David V. Barrett $8.95
BOOK-DI-DBT Book Predictions Libraary: Tarot by David V. Barrett $8.95
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