Hand Shape
Hand types divided into four elements: Earth (short, square fingers), Air (long fingers, square palm), Fire (long palm, short fingers), Water (long palm, long fingers).
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Passive Hand
The non-dominant hand. Represents your innate potential, hereditary traits, and subconscious tendencies. Comparing both hands provides awareness.
Fingerprints (Dermatoglyphics)
Unique skin patterns on fingertips. Three main types: loop (adaptability), whorl (independence), and arch (practicality). Don't change throughout life.
Dominant Hand
The hand you actively use (right for right-handed, left for left-handed). Shows your current life, conscious choices, and present path.
Chirognomy
The branch analyzing character through hand shape, finger structure, nail form, and general hand appearance. A separate expertise from line reading.
Chiromancy
The art of interpreting the future by reading palm lines. The line-reading branch of palmistry and the most commonly known type of hand reading.
Palmistry History
A deep-rooted tradition dating back to 3000 BC. It developed independently in India, China, Mesopotamia, and ancient Greece. Aristotle is known to have written about palm reading.
- Last updated
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- The chiromancy tradition. The system in use today was codified by the 19th-century French school (d'Arpentigny, Desbarrolles).