Palm reading information - see yourself reflected

Palm readers can interpret someone's character or predict their likely future from examining their hands. The origins of palmistry, also known as chiromancy, go back thousands of years. It was practised in India, Egypt and China in ancient times. Before the 19th century, palm-reading was the only form of hand analysis that existed. These days the reader looks at the shape of the hand, the fingers (length, width, joints and the nails), and the mounts (the fleshy parts of the hand) as well as the lines and marks on the palms. In the Middle Ages it was believed that certain markings on the palm denoted a witch.

The left hand differs from the right hand in that the left hand is supposed to show the personality traits you were born with; the right hand shows the development and fulfilment of those qualities. This is reversed for left-handed people - the dominant hand relates to your conscious self and is linked to the left brain (seat of logic and rational thought) and the other hand reflects your subconscious and is linked to the right brain (seat of creativity and imagination). Both hands must be considered in a reading. The reader considers:

• The shape of the hand - square handed people tend to be more practical and down to earth, while a conical-shaped hand means someone who is artistic and creative;
  
• The fingers - the shape, texture, length, width, knuckles and joints are looked at. The nails are assessed for shape, strength, brittleness, texture and ridges. How flexible the fingers are, whether they naturally bend inwards and the gap between the fingers are also relevant;
  
• The mounts - these are the fleshy parts of the palm, for instance the mound of Venus at the base of the thumb. The hand analyst looks the texture, size and firmness;
  
• The lines on the palms - the main lines are the life line, representing physical vitality, the head line, representing mental capacity and the heart line, representing the person's emotional nature. Breaks or variations in the lines are significant and where the lines start and finish in relation to the rest of the hand. Whether they are thick and deeply etched or very faint is looked at as well. Minor lines also need to be assessed.

Palmists can give information about the person's character, life, interests, relationships, travels and career. The information on the hands changes during the course of a person's life, so it is not fixed. Palm reading is a skill associated with Gypsies or Romanies.

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