TAROT
Tarot is an ancient divination that began in 14th century Europe. Traditional Tarot decks consist of 78 cards (the Major and Minor Arcana) depicting symbolic archetypes that allow us to tap into our intuition and gain clarity through Tarot card readings. Today, Tarot readings remain one of the most popular tools for insight and reflection worldwide.
Tarot Card Suits
Learning to read the Tarot cards can open up many possibilities for this amazing tool in your life. There are 78 cards in a traditional Tarot deck -- 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana -- which is divided into four suits: Wands, Cups, Swords, and Coins.
Suit of Wands
The Tarot suit of Wands is associated with the element Fire. This suit often pertains to creativity, action, and determination.
Suit of Cups
The Tarot suit of Cups is associated with the element Water. This suit often pertains to our emotional lives, relationships, and spirituality.
Suit of Swords
The Tarot suit of Swords is associated with the element Air. This suit often pertains to power, change, and conflict.
Suit of Pentacles
The Tarot suit of Pentacles, also called Coins, is associated with the Earth element. This suit often pertains to material aspects, including work and home.
TURKISH COFFEE FORTUNE TELLING
In the Balkans and Turkey, a favorite pass time is drinking Turkish coffee followed by having your fortune told from the leftover coffee grounds in the cup. Turkish coffee readings fall in the category of Tasseography, the divination methods of interpreting patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds or wine sediments.
Now, I am not the superstitious type and I find this pastime one step removed from the Rorschach test, which is makes the fortunetelling so much fun for me. Usually, the professional fortunetellers, like most in similar professions, are good at picking up first impressions of their customer's personality. I think it's fun, but please don't make any major or life-changing decisions based on any fortune reading. As Yoda would say: "Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future."
Because Turkish coffee readings are entertaining, I do encourage everyone to try it at least once. At first, the patterns may seem chaotic and random but through practice, a bit of intuition and, a dash of imagination the patterns in the cup will take shape allowing the reader to interpret them.







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