CUP READING SYMBOL · OBJECTS AND PLACES
Door symbol in coffee grounds and tea leaves
Opportunity · Thresholds · Change
What does a door mean in a coffee cup or tea leaves?
Traditionally, a door suggests an opportunity, an unusual event, or a new way in; an open door, a welcome change. A door can reflect a threshold you are standing at, and the choice to step through or wait.
A question for reflection
Which door are you standing in front of?
One small step
Take one first step through a door you have been looking at.
Where the door sits in the cup
- Near the rim: opportunity in what is close to you now, or soon.
- On the sides: opportunity in what is developing over the coming weeks.
- At the bottom: opportunity in what is settled, further away, or deep in the past.
- Near the handle: opportunity in you, your home, and the people close to you.
- Opposite the handle: opportunity in other people, and the wider world.
A clear shape counts for more than a faint one. Families and readers differ, so treat these as starting points.
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Symbol artwork: Velvet Omen’s original cup drawings.