Palmistry guide to palm reading

The method of palm reading involves the palmist assessing, rating, judging, analysing all aspects of the palm, the shape, the size, the feel, the lines, mounts, signs on the palm.

Indian Palmistry

Palm/hand shape size and feel

The size, shape, and feel of the hand will totally alter the reading. If a person is a manual labourer, an army man, a police officer, or an athlete, their hands are likely to be hard, firm, rough and strong. If individual wishes to pursue either of the above careers, their hands must be strong and tight and firm. A top-ranking police officer or a major general, do not have rough, and firm hands. Their hands may be very soft.

The reason why top-ranking individuals have soft hands is due to the mental work they do. As a result, soft hands are more responsive to their surroundings than strong and rough hands. In soft palms, the sensory organs are more active. If the hands are soft, an individual strategises.

• the palm/hand shape
• the palm/hand size
• the palm feel of hands

The above factor makes up a large part of palm reading. People who are unfamiliar with palmistry have the impression that it is just about lines. This is a misconception since the aforementioned characteristics make up a large part of hand reading.

Hand Shape

Palmistry books defined different hand shape. It is difficult to find people with the exact shape as described / defined in palm reading books. The palmistry books are correct, but ands described in the books are rare. People with perfect hand shapes as defined in the book are hard to find as we all are imperfect.

Perfect hands do not mean more money/success/fame but means perfect qualities represented by hand shapes/size/feel.

Hand shape palm reading

The shape of hands has variations if very soft or extremely hard, the whole meaning changes. The person may be practical with a squarish/earth hand but may develop laziness with the extra soft hand. Still, the person may remain practical due to square hands. This is the reason why even with laziness the person is still successful.

In real life, very few people do have hands as described in Palmistry books. People do have hands with a mixture of all four categories. Rarely do anyone has perfect earth, fire air or water hands. Life is not perfect therefore, how can hands be perfect?

• Earth hand: Earth element is stable it gives us space to build our house, do agriculture, and manufacture products therefore it is the most stable element. A house or a room is squarish therefore an earth hand is squarish in shape. Squarish hands people are stable and have square hands. Businessmen do have earth hands as they need to be practical. The thought that businessmen are manipulative and squarish hands people are manipulative is wrong. Such people make things happen practically.
• Fire Hand: Long palm and short fingers. A long palm paired with short fingers presents an interesting possibilities in palmistry. The extended palm allows for a more surface area compared to palms with shorter proportions. In the realm of palmistry, the positioning of planets on the palm is believed to convey various aspects of an individual’s personality, traits, and potential life events. With a long palm, these planetary influences potentially have more room to manifest and influence the individual’s life journey.
• Air hand: Air as an element is free-flowing and can’t be restricted. The same qualities are applied to the person who has a hand that appears squarish with long fingers, and bony or skinny hands. These people are mentally active and like to connect with others with the flow of ideas. If these people are pressured to be contained just like air can’t be contained these people do not want to be confined, constricted, narrow or tight situation.
• Water hand: The water element exhibits fluidity but lacks the unrestricted movement of air. Individuals with long palms and fingers are often described in palmistry books as intuitive, artistic, imaginative, and creative. However, when considering practical palmistry and real-life examples, I’ve observed that Pablo Picasso’s hands were square-shaped and well-padded, rather than conventionally beautiful. Despite this, Picasso demonstrated creative genius. This discrepancy between traditional palmistry descriptions and real-life observations is why I don’t solely rely on palmistry books for interpretation.

Types of Hand in palmistry

While trying to judge what kind of a palm we try to find if our palm is elementary, square, spatulate, conic or psychic palm. In real life, you do not find hands that we can, without a doubt, categorise into one. Generally, palms can be seen to be a mix of one or more types. It is not necessary that your hands should be only categorised into one it can be a mix of two or three different types.

• Elementary hand: hard coarse squarish not so good looking hands. These people have the ability to do elementary work, routine work without much of brainpower work.
• Square hand: Square hand square nails. These people are practical, logical, and problem-solver.
• Spatulate hands: Spatulate means broad at the apex and tapered to the base. Inventors scientist, and mathematicians, have this type of hands.
• Conic hands
• Psychic hands

Different types of and the lines and sign on Mounts in Palmistry

• Horizontal lines on any mounts to be considered a bad indication.
• Grill lines on the mounts overwork the mount, therefore, bringing about bad qualities or excess qualities to the mount. Excess qualities are to be considered a bad sign, just like excess sugar will taste bitter and is bad for health.
• Upwards perpendicular lines on the mounts is a positive sign it brings quality to the mounts.
• Cross on almost any mount is a bad sign and brings negative qualities represented by the mount. A cross on Mount of Jupiter is the only exception if found is a good sign indicating good union. It means a person gets married to a person from a good respectable family.
• V or Y like lines pointing towards fingers on any mount is a good sign indicating good results represented by the particular mount.

How important are Mounts in Palmistry?

The mount refers to the padded or non-padded area beneath the fingers and different parts of the palm. Each mount is associated with a distinct planet in palmistry.

In palmistry, the size or padding of the mount is not essential. Even if the mount appears flat, it is still classified as a mount.

Mounts exhibit diverse characteristics, including shapes, sizes, tilts, textures, and levels of padding. Even if an area designated for a specific mount appears negative, depressed, sunken, or poorly marked, it is still identified as part of that mount. Conversely, mounts can be fleshy, raised, prominent, and generously padded.

Determining the quality of a mount involves considering various factors such as markings, shapes, and sizes to reach a conclusion. As a fundamental guideline, a mount with few lines is generally viewed as positive. Additionally, having one, two, or three deep, clear, and perpendicular lines on the mount is considered favorable and indicative of potential success. Conversely, an excessive number of crisscrossing lines on the mount suggest an overactive planet, which may yield negative outcomes.

Lines in Palmistry

Lines on the palm tell about general well being, health, physical, mental, emotional strength or weakness. The presence of a line does not mean success while the absence of a line does not mean failure. Still, three lines can be seen in most people that is life, head, heart.

Deep clear lines are a good indication for well being and success. Broad lines are the worst kinds. Simple straight deep and clear lines give strength to a line.

Life line

The lifeline depicts the life forces and flames that exist inside us. The lifeline is also a reference to our well-being, but we must weigh other lines to reach a decision in terms of health.

The lifeline is a curved line that begins under the first finger and ends at the base of the thumb with a big curvature. The Negative Mount of Mars and Venus are encircled by a life line. Mars is associated with fire and flame, whereas Venus is associated with steam.

A long lifeline can not guarantee a long life. A short lifeline does not mean a short life. The clarity of lifeline without branches and a deep line indicates good health.

Life lines will predict not just our physical but also our financial health. Everything in life is interconnected with each other.