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the art of reading tea leaves

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why i actually love astrology, flipping coins, and all things symbolic

the art of reading tea leaves My Notebook # my take # article 7 the art of reading tea leaves 2026-06-08 · 8 min read why i actually love astrology, flipping coins, and all things symbolic There’s a certain group of activities—reading tea leaves, astrology, tarot cards, etc. [1] —that can look (initially) like they take agency away from your life/seem irrational. My (maybe hot?) take is the opposite: you actually need symbols/external stimuli (a black cat, a foggy day, etc) in life to tell you when to do things—and when they don’t exist, you should create them yourself. Specifically you need t

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