oracle practice · 5 minute lesson
Find a story among the leaves
Move through the illustrated cup ritual, then explore how individual leaf shapes combine into a reading.
Try the tool →Three small steps
Choose a brew and question
Choose a brew and enter a question, or use a suggested prompt. Keep the question as a subject for reflection rather than a demand for a particular shape.
Follow the cup
Use the main button to pour, drain, and swirl the illustrated cup. Let the leaves settle before examining their shapes.
Explore the connections
Select a shape in the cup, then read its meaning and the passage about where shapes touch. Describe the relationship between two symbols in your own words.
Words to recognize
- Symbol
- A recognizable shape in the illustrated leaves, paired with an interpretation.
- Cup position
- Where a shape appears within this tool's reading of the cup.
- Combination
- The relationship the reading draws between neighboring or interacting symbols.
try what you learned
What is a useful next step after reading one leaf symbol?
Take it into practice
- Which shape did you recognize before reading its label?
- What story emerges when you place two symbols beside each other?
Art, sources & approach
The cup, leaf arrangements, and interpretations are an illustrated site adaptation for practicing symbolic reading, not an analysis of a visitor's physical tea leaves.
Lesson diagrams and interface illustrations: Brews and Bloom. Diagrams simplify the idea being taught; they are not historical artifacts.
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