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    FORTUNE TELLING THROUGH TIME

    Dec 03, 2020 2 minutes
    Words by JOSETTE REEVES

    TASSEOGRAPHY

    When drinking loose-leaf tea, some of the leaves inevitably stick to the bottom and sides of the cup. Tasseography involves ‘reading’ the shapes formed by these leaves to predict the tea drinker’s future – an angel, for example, means good news is on the way. It’s not just tea leaves that can be read like

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