Palmistry is the practice of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands. Palmistry is also called chiromancy, palm-reading, chirology, or hand-analysis. Palmistry originated in ancient India. It was said to be practiced by the Brahmins of Ancient India. Palmistry can be regarded as a part of Astrology. Records of practice of Palmistry are also available in countries such as China, Tibet, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Ancient Greece.

Louis Braille is a professional palm reader and Chinese astrologist in fatelines.com and he says, “The lines of your hand represent the graphic picture of the circuits in your brain. The nerve groups that control your hand lie at the epicentre of the brain and that is why palmistry is such a big success.”

Cheiro was the most famous practitioner of palmistry in modern times. He was born in Ireland and had predicted many incidents of his time. For example, he correctly foretold the Boer War, death of Queen Victoria, assassination of King Umberto of Italy, a year or so before each of these incidents occurred. He also had predicted about the infamous ‘Great Depression’ all over the world. He correctly predicted the outbreak and end of World War 1 before it happened. Cheiro wrote a number of valuable books on Palmistry. He had also successfully predicted the downfall of the Czar in Russian and the subsequent massacre of him and all his immediate family members. Palmistry is based on reading the lines on the hand of a person. Palmists say that by reading the lines of a person’s hand, it is quite possible to tell about the persons past, present and future. They say that positioning of the lines in the hand is a key to determining the subjects past, present, and future. The basics of Palmistry are said to be quite simple as opposed to the popular belief that it is something mysterious. The fleshy part of the hand and the structure of the fingers reveal a lot about the subject. Palmists claim that predictions through Palmistry have scientific basis, even though the scientists worldwide have their own opinion regarding this topic. The scientists claim that Palmistry does not have any scientific basis. According to the Palmists, the dominant hand of a person reveals the current and future trends. On the other hand, the passive hand reveals the person’s childhood. Palmists see a definite pattern in the lines on the palm. These lines have been classified into heart line, head line, life line, fate line etc. Each of these lines will interpret different aspects of ones life.

In this age of cutthroat competition, the people seem to have become more and more dependant on things beyond their normal powers. Palmistry is gaining popularity even among the western public as well. This is because human beings have become more concerned about their future than ever before. Palmistry is quite popular in India. It is a part of the everyday life for many Indians. Life is unimaginable for them without Palmistry. They will consult the Palmist for almost every activity of their lives. For special occasions like marriage, setting up of a new business, birth of a child, starting a new profession etc, a visit to a Palmist has become a must. A palmist will examine the hand carefully and advise the clients about their next activity. The palmists say that there is a relation between the lines in one’s palm, the planetary motions, and one’s life.

Unfortunately, Palmistry lines grew a really awful reputation over time. Frauds took advantage of people’s need for data and for pay, offered them a reading of what the future carries for them. The lines of our hands are made as a consequence of biological reason. It all develops inside the womb of the mother. Thus if the lines were to represent our fate, then would any happening change them? If we get operated upon and ask the doctor to create a line on our hands manually then would it change the fate that would be to occur? If one cuts his hand by a knife in order to increase his life “line” then would it increase his life or he would he die by bleeding? If someone says your life is going to be short just because your life line is short, stop panicking and put on your thinking caps.

I think palmistry is just an observance of lines created by biological reasons rather then lines created by “GOD”!!