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The palm has four main lines. The life line circles the base of the thumb, and the heart line runs horizontally under the fingers. The head line crosses the middle of the palm. The fate line runs from the wrist toward the middle finger. In palmistry the length of the life line does not show how long a person will live.
Palmistry
Palmistry is divination by the hand: it reads the lines, the shape and the mounts of the palm by tradition. It is a tradition of self-observation: the lines are read as tendencies of character, without predicting events.
A natal chart needs the date, time and place of birth. Palmistry works with what can be seen on the hand today, so you can start right away, with your hand in front of you.
Four lines
For each line: where it is, what the tradition links it with and how it is read when it is short, long or broken.
Circles the base of the thumb and runs down toward the wrist.
In palmistry it is linked with vitality and the rhythm of everyday life.
Runs horizontally across the upper part of the palm, under the fingers.
Linked with feelings, with love and with the way a person shows affection.
Crosses the middle of the palm, between the heart line and the life line.
Linked with the way of thinking and with making decisions.
Runs vertically from the wrist toward the middle finger. Not everyone has one.
Linked with work, calling and direction in life.
Four types
Palmistry divides hands by the shape of the palm and the length of the fingers and names them after the four elements.
| Type | Palm | Fingers | By tradition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth hand | square | short | Practicality and reliability. Good craftspeople who like order and tradition. |
| Air hand | square | long | Curiosity and sociability. People of ideas and of words, who can also listen. |
| Water hand | long | long | Sensitivity and intuition. People of art and of care, sometimes melancholic. |
| Fire hand | long | short | Energy and passion. They cannot stand boredom and often lead others. |
Seven mounts
The mounts are the raised areas of the palm; each bears the name of a planet. In the tradition the more pronounced mount suggests which trait prevails in a character.
Six steps
Start with the hand you write with. Then compare it with the other one in the same light.
Daylight from the side shows the lines most clearly. If you rub your palms for a few seconds, the creases show better.
Look at the shape of the palm and the length of the fingers: an earth, air, water or fire hand.
Start with the life line around the thumb. Then the heart line at the top, the head line in the middle and the fate line, which runs up toward the middle finger.
Which are the most pronounced? In the tradition they suggest which trait prevails.
First write down what you see: length, direction, breaks. Only then read the meaning. Age, a diagnosis or the length of a life is not read from a line.
Both. The hand you write with is taken as your present path, and the other as what you were born with. The difference between them shows what you have changed over the years.
No. This is the most widespread myth about palmistry. The tradition links the life line with vitality and the rhythm of everyday life; the length of a life is not read from it.
The main lines stay almost the same, while the smaller ones may fade, lengthen or appear anew. According to palmists such a change reflects big decisions and turns in life.
It is not a bad sign. Many people have no clearly marked fate line. In the tradition it means that the direction at work is not drawn in advance and a person chooses it.
No. There is no proven link between the lines of the palm and future events. Palmistry is a tradition of interpretation and self-observation.
