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1. Choose a Hand.
In palmistry, it is thought that:
For females, the right hand is what you’re born with, and left is what you’ve accumulated throughout your life.
For males, it is the other way around. The left hand is what you’re born with, and the right is what you’ve accumulated throughout your life.
But you can also choose whichever hand is dominant, which can be your present/past life hand and the least dominant hand could be your future life hand.
2. Identify the four Major Lines.
(1) The heart line.
(2) The head line.
(3) The life line.
(4) The fate line (not everybody has this).
3. Interpret the heart line.
This line can be read in either direction (from the pinkie finger to the index finger or vice versa) depending on the tradition being followed. It’s believed to indicate emotional stability, romantic perspectives, depression, and cardiac health. The basic interpretations are as follows:
Begins below the index finger - content with love life
Begins below the middle finger - selfish when it comes to love
Begins in the middle - falls in love easily.
Straight and short - less interest in romance
Touches life line - heart broken easily
Long and curvy - freely expresses emotions and feelings
Straight and parallel to the head line - good handle on emotions
Wavy - many relationships and lovers, absence of serious relationships
Circle on the line - sadness or depression
Broken line - emotional trauma
Smaller lines crossing through heart line - emotional trauma.
4. Examine the head line.
This represents a person’s learning style, communication approach, intellectualism, and thirst for knowledge. A curved line is associated with creativity and spontaneity, while a straight line is linked with practicality and a structured approach. The basic interpretations are as follows:
Short line - prefers physical achievements over mental ones
Curved, sloping line - creativity
Separated from life line - adventure, enthusiasm for life.
Wavy line - short attention span
Deep, long line - thinking is clear and focused
Straight line - thinks realistically
Donuts or cross in head line - emotional crisis
Broken head line - inconsistencies in thought
Multiple crosses through head line - momentous decisions.
5. Evaluate the life line.
This begins near the thumb and travels in an arc towards the wrist. It reflects physical health, general well being, and major life changes (for example, cataclysmic events, physical injuries, and relocations). Its length is not associated with length of life. The basic interpretations are as follows:
Runs close to thumb - often tired
Curvy - plenty of energy
Long, deep - vitality.
Short and shallow - manipulated by others
Swoops around in a semicircle - strength and enthusiasm
Straight and close to the edge of the palm - cautious when it comes to relationships
Multiple life lines - extra vitality
Circle in line indicates - hospitalized or injured
Break - sudden change in lifestyle.
6. Study the fate line.
This is also known as the line of destiny, and it indicates the degree to which a person’s life is affected by external circumstances beyond their control. It begins at the base of the palm. The basic interpretations are as follows:
Deep line - strongly controlled by fate
Breaks and changes of direction - prone to many changes in life from external forces
Starts joined to life line - self-made individual; develops aspirations early on
Joins with the life line somewhere in the middle - signifies a point at which one’s interests must be surrendered to those of others
Starts at base of thumb and crosses life line - support offered by family and friends.
7. Determine the hand shape.
Each hand shape is associated with certain character traits. The length of the palm is measured from the wrist to the bottom of the fingers. The basic interpretations are as follows:
Earth- broad, square palms and fingers, thick or coarse skin, and ruddy color; length of the palm equals length of fingers
Solid values and energy, sometimes stubborn
Practical and responsible, sometimes materialistic
Work with their hands, comfortable with the tangible
Air- square or rectangular palms with long fingers and sometimes protruding knuckles, low-set thumbs, and dry skin; length of the palm less than length of fingers
Sociable, talkative and witty
Can be shallow, spiteful and cold
Comfortable with the mental and the intangible
Does things in different and radical ways
Water- long, sometimes oval-shaped palm, with long, flexible, conical fingers; length of the palm equals length of fingers but is less than width across the widest part of the palm
Creative, perceptive and sympathetic
Can be moody, emotional and inhibited
Introverts
Do things quietly and intuitively.
Fire - square or rectangular palm, flushed or pink skin, and shorter fingers; length of the palm is greater than length of fingers
Spontaneous, enthusiastic and optimistic
Sometimes egoistic, impulsive and insensitive
Extroverts
Do things boldly and instinctively.
Tips:
Try practicing on your own hands.
Accept that palm reading is not always accurate. The fate of your life and your decisions should not be influenced by fortune-telling; rather, your own efforts and fortitude are what really help you to succeed in life.
Don’t concern yourself with the thinner and shallower lines. Only follow the main four that are deepest. Getting involved with the other lines could lead to unwanted confusion. Leave these lines for a professional.
Make sure the lighting in the area you are planning to read palms is good, because trying to do it in the dark makes it difficult to get a good read.
Not everyone has a fate line!
If you are a beginner, try leaving out the head and fate lines- focus on heart and life lines.
Don’t believe everything. You can make your own decision, no matter what.
In general, the more flexible the hand is determines the how flexible the person will be.
Write down a chart for the four main lines (life, fate, heart, head) and hand types (fire, earth, air and water). Do this when you are just beginning to read palms and you won’t have to remember everything. Also if you want to get good at it quick, study the chart and you’ll have it down in no time.
Since palm lines change as you progress through life, palm reading is seen by many as an opportunity to reveal what’s already happened, but not as a way of predicting the future.
Note the texture of the hand, front and back. Soft hands signify sensitivity and refinement, while rough hands signifies a coarse temperament.