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Tazzie · 05-17-2013, 02:35 AM

SPOILER!!: Callie *ahem* Elwood!

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Ummmm......Professor Callie sounded strange. But if Beezus was okay with it....no, she may have to tell her outside of class she can call her that but not during lessons. She had disapproved last term when they had been referring to Airey by his first name.

She would kindly talk to her after class about it. She could even go back to calling her Beatrice in lessons too if that made her feel better.

*****

The blonde approached the chalkboard and wrote down a few things as she spoke. "Like many of you said the technical name for reading tea leaves is Tasseomancy or Tasseography, which we learned comes from the french word for teacup. Which makes a lot of sense because of the mediums we will be using." Nod, right? Everyone knew they would be using cups?

"Two other things I would like to elaborate on that a few of you mentioned is the fact that coffee and even wine can be used to do the same type of readings. Wine is by far the least used form of Tasseomancy, focusing mostly on the Italian peninsula and the Greek archipelago, but is rare in today's world. The coffee readings find their origins in the Middle East and were, mostly likely, the first form because of the evidence of cultural selective borrowing the early European civilizations had with Middle Easter trading societies." Whew...lot's of history there. "Reading with tea leaves in the way we are going it began in Medieval Europe with fortune tellers using molten metals, and eventually tea after trade with China began, to predict futures." That was the ancient history of it all. There were rarely many developments in this field because everyone tended to look to the past and continue doing it the same way.

"Someone brought up the point of the different types of cups that can be used when practicing Tasseomancy. There are three 'types' called the Zodiac, Playing card, and Symbol cups. Please pick one and tell me and the class a little bit about them." This information could be helpful.

Callie...Callie. No Callie? The look she had gotten from the woman after she had called her that didn't seem...to be er - what's the word - welcomed? Or something of that sort. Beezus cleared her throat, figured it wasn't really that good of a thing if she called the woman by her first name - it's not even really her first name, more like a nick - during class time so no.....nada...she'd stop calling her that. Right.

Not that it lessened her fondness for the Professor now. Or the subject. She, after all, passed her OWL on this one. She liked Divination now, what do you know?

History.

Lots of history was being talked about here. And the origins of this art. Surprisingly, Beezus was listening and she had even taken that information up seriously.

She have read over how Tasseomancy is practiced a few years ago. Back when they still had a centaur teaching them Divination. She'd gone over the subject because her classmates said that it was what they'll practicing the next day. Turns out, they were actually Moon Scrying. But, because she had read up on it.....it supplied her a fair decent knowledge about what Professor Elwood was talking about right now. So...kinda a blessing in disguise too.

She raised her hand up and answered, "The Playing card cups are one type, Professor Elwood. It is sometimes known as the Cup of Knowledge. As Alec have mentioned....it links Tasseomancy to Cartomancy." Alright. "These cups carry within their interiors tiny images of a deck of scattered cards, either 52 cards plus a joker, as in a poker deck, or 32 cards, as in a euchre deck." Oh, and let's not forget.... "Some sets also have a few cards imprinted on the saucers, or the saucers may contain brief written card interpretations." Will they be using those? She kinda hoped so.

05-17-2013, 02:35 AM	#103 (permalink)
Tazzie Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Amestris (GMT+8) Posts: 11,065 Hogwarts RPG Name: Harri Ainsworth Second Year x12	❄Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re❄\| ⚕=equivalent exchange=⚕ \| pinned ya! SPOILER!!: Callie ahem* Elwood!* Quote: Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 Ummmm......Professor Callie sounded strange. But if Beezus was okay with it....no, she may have to tell her outside of class she can call her that but not during lessons. She had disapproved last term when they had been referring to Airey by his first name. She would kindly talk to her after class about it. She could even go back to calling her Beatrice in lessons too if that made her feel better. ***** The blonde approached the chalkboard and wrote down a few things as she spoke. "Like many of you said the technical name for reading tea leaves is Tasseomancy or Tasseography, which we learned comes from the french word for teacup. Which makes a lot of sense because of the mediums we will be using." Nod, right? Everyone knew they would be using cups? "Two other things I would like to elaborate on that a few of you mentioned is the fact that coffee and even wine can be used to do the same type of readings. Wine is by far the least used form of Tasseomancy, focusing mostly on the Italian peninsula and the Greek archipelago, but is rare in today's world. The coffee readings find their origins in the Middle East and were, mostly likely, the first form because of the evidence of cultural selective borrowing the early European civilizations had with Middle Easter trading societies." Whew...lot's of history there. "Reading with tea leaves in the way we are going it began in Medieval Europe with fortune tellers using molten metals, and eventually tea after trade with China began, to predict futures." That was the ancient history of it all. There were rarely many developments in this field because everyone tended to look to the past and continue doing it the same way. "Someone brought up the point of the different types of cups that can be used when practicing Tasseomancy. There are three 'types' called the Zodiac, Playing card, and Symbol cups. Please pick one and tell me and the class a little bit about them." This information could be helpful. Callie...Callie. No Callie? The look she had gotten from the woman after she had called her that didn't seem...to be er - what's the word - welcomed? Or something of that sort. Beezus cleared her throat, figured it wasn't really that good of a thing if she called the woman by her first name - it's not even really her first name, more like a nick - during class time so no.....nada...she'd stop calling her that. Right. Not that it lessened her fondness for the Professor now. Or the subject. She, after all, passed her OWL on this one. She liked Divination now, what do you know? History. Lots of history was being talked about here. And the origins of this art. Surprisingly, Beezus was listening and she had even taken that information up seriously. She have read over how Tasseomancy is practiced a few years ago. Back when they still had a centaur teaching them Divination. She'd gone over the subject because her classmates said that it was what they'll practicing the next day. Turns out, they were actually Moon Scrying. But, because she had read up on it.....it supplied her a fair decent knowledge about what Professor Elwood was talking about right now. So...kinda a blessing in disguise too. She raised her hand up and answered, "*The Playing card cups are one type, Professor Elwood. It is sometimes known as the Cup of Knowledge. As Alec have mentioned....it links Tasseomancy to Cartomancy." Alright. "These cups carry within their interiors tiny images of a deck of scattered cards, either 52 cards plus a joker, as in a poker deck, or 32 cards, as in a euchre deck." Oh, and let's not forget.... "Some sets also have a few cards imprinted on the saucers, or the saucers may contain brief written card interpretations.*" Will they be using those? She kinda hoped so. __________________ ❏❏❏