Palmistry! Part I

A little old lady, her head and face covered in a thin silk scarf and adorned with cheap gold jewellery; cross her palm with silver.  This is the stereotypical palmist: in a faded windswept tent at the end of a rusting, old pier; a small wooden table wobbling gently, under a yellowing, frayed, lace table cloth. Well I am a Palm Reader; despite the fact that I may wear a silk scarf in the privacy of my own home (Weekends only!) none of the above apply!

The study of hands , Palmistry, or to give it, its proper title, Chirology, can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome.  It reached its high point here in Britain, during Victorian times, where a fascination, with all things occult blossomed. Now I may well be a Palmist, but I am certainly  not an occultist; worshiping the devil, or a slayer of sheep. This is the mistake the Victorians made and many people also make today. Chirology at its most basic level, is a science used by academics, medical professionals and psychologists to assess clients.

Take a look at your hand for a moment.  There is a simple test, to see what type of person you are, or rather, the type of person, you want others to see. Hold your writing hand up in front of your face; the hand you use most, your active hand. Look at the lines on the surface.  Most people will see at least three, others a few more and many more a myriad of crisscrossing lines and symbols.  The more lines you have, the more you worry.  People with so many lines, that are difficult to unravel, live on nervous energy, unable to sleep at designated times, but have wonderful imaginations.

We use our hands, more than any other part  of our body. Just think of the many movements we make, the  way we hold our hands and yes, the scars we achieve over our lifetime; all are assumed to be random; but what tells us to make these movements? Well our mind,  of course, the source. Other lines begin to form on the hand through our unconscious movements, all we need to do, is interpret the code that is formed.

Some lines on the hand can change every day, others take about six months and on the hand we use least, the lines change every six years or so.  This hand remains our private self, how we see ourselves. Our well used other hand, is as we would want others to see us; this is the edited version!

Interestingly, there are many signs on a persons hand, that can for example, point to a persons sexuality, indirectly.  There is not a gay sign as such, but bought together, a number of factors can offer an opinion, as to a persons sexual orientation.

Next time you use your hand in whatever capacity, take notice of the way you hold it, the lines on the palmer surface, the colour of your nails, the spacing between the fingers and the scars formed. Everything can be explained, nothing is random, above all, nothing is certain.  We can all alter our fate, which is why the lines on our hands change.  When a hand is read, it is simply a snapshot in time!