Fortune telling as an entertainment appeared at the same time as tea fortune telling, but in countries where coffee as a drink was more common. Today it is more popular than fortune telling. In the 18th century, Italians claimed that it was they who developed the symbols of fortune telling, but the results of this action, in their opinion, were nothing more than the machinations of demons. To divine on the coffee grounds in order to see the future, they poured ground coffee with water, boiled it and pronounced the words of a spell over it. While stirring, another magic phrase was repeated until the coffee was brewed. Then the liquid from the coffeepot was drained, and the remaining thick was spilled onto the white saucer with the third spell. Then it was believed that those who forgot to utter magic words or simply did not know them, guessed incorrectly.
And how to guess on coffee grounds? Some people who are versed in this difficult matter claim that in order to get the best results, you need to prepare a mixture of fine and coarse coffee. To do this, put in a cup two tablespoons of coarse coffee and one teaspoon of thin. It is desirable that there are no patterns on the cup, and the edge is wide enough. Also, before guessing on the coffee grounds, you need to find a small saucer, then put a cup on it. Once everything is ready, you can proceed. First you need to warm the cup with boiling water and quickly dry it, pour coffee into it in the above quantity, and put on a saucer. Pour boiling water over the mixture, cover and let it brew for a little over a minute. After that, the person who is fortunate enough to drink this coffee or just take a few sips. Then the unfinished coffee is drained so that no more than a tablespoon of liquid remains in the cup.
When all this has been done, you need to take the cup in your left hand, make a wish and make three sufficiently sharp circular movements with it counterclockwise so that it thickens on the walls. Next, you need to quickly turn the cup upside down and put on a saucer so that the liquid glass. Now take the cup, flip it back, set it down and see what happened. It is the emerging images and associations that will be the prediction of the future.
Before guessing on the coffee grounds, analyzing the meaning of images, you need to know a few more details. For example, if the mass was distributed closer to the pen, then the images that arise when looking at the thicket relate directly to the person for whom they are guessing, as well as to his immediate environment, home, occupations, and the enigma will be fulfilled very quickly. If coffee is most thickened at the edge of the cup or next to it, then this means what is happening to the person at the present time. The farther the figures are from the edge, the later the events deciphered by them will occur. If the symbols are at the very bottom of the cup, then these events will occur in the distant future.
How to read fortunes and interpret symbols? Start with the simplest and most understandable figures, do not rush. Let the imagination run wild, and then just see the transcript of some possible characters. For example, dots usually mean money (therefore, the more dots, the better). If the point is one and stands on the sidelines - this is to the news, letter or parcel. The larger the point, the more serious and significant the news.
A wand is a process or the beginning of a business. If there are a lot of sticks, then you will have a lot of things to do at the same time. If the wand is turned to the bottom, the business will end unsuccessfully, if to the edge - there will be success, if parallel to the bottom and the edge, then things will go smoothly.
Knowing how to divine on coffee grounds, you can further decipher the meanings. For example, pay attention to characters similar to letters or numbers, as well as animals. For example, a snake, horse, dog, etc. can show an important year (according to the Chinese calendar). Also, animals, birds or plants that can be called noble (swan, eagle, horse, maple, oak, etc.) can symbolize any favorable events: health, love, success, etc. “Bad” animals, such as a crocodile, a pig, a wolf, a crow, can indicate failure, betrayal, ambiguous situations, etc.
Vehicles can show a journey or trip, and images resembling flowers or stars can show success or failure in business (depending on the number of petals).