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Palmistry
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Palmistry is the art of
studying the formation of the total hand including the formation
of fingers, their characteristics, finger nails, finger prints
or impressions, thumb, skin texture, color, the shape, hardness
and flexibility (dermatoglyphics), and above all the lines or
creases on the palm of the hand.
Palm
reading is practiced all over the world with local variations
in analysis and prediction. Palmistry also studies the characteristics
of the personality of the subject as the character and the personality
of the person determine his future.
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The origin of palmistry can be traced
back to Indian or Hindu astrology written in the classical Indian
language called Sanskrit. The Sanskrit equivalent of Palmistry
is Jyotish. The first book on Palmistry was written by an Indian
sage named Rishi Valmiki. The English rendering of the original
title of the book is “The Teachings of Valmiki Maharishi
on Male Palmistry”. The book was written in verse comprising
of 567 stanzas. It was written more than five millennia back.
Palmistry, according to Hindu thought, is one of the seven classical
methods of prognosis.
From India, the art of reading the palm spread to China, Tibet,
Egypt, Persia and from there to the European countries especially
Greece where it was practiced by eminent personalities like
Anaxagoras and evoked deep faith in Alexander the Great. |
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Palmistry commanded a deep respect
in Greece when it reached there from India. The Greeks developed
its framework on the basis of their mythology which is now called
Classical palmistry and is widely taught and practiced all over
the world. Greek scholars divide each area of the palm and fingers
into various parts and relate each part to some Greek god or
goddess. The features of each part indicate the nature of the
corresponding aspect of the subject. For example, the ring finger
is associated with the Greek god Apollo. Therefore the features
of the ring finger indicate person’s interest in art,
music, aesthetics, culture, fame and harmony. In this respect
Greeks are like the Hindus who also divide the palm into different
areas and consider each area to represent some god or a holy
river. It, therefore, makes some sense if we replace the names
and symbols of the classical gods of Greece with those of Hindus.
The palm of a hand is made of various
lines or creases and mounts or bumps. The lines represent various
features or characteristics of the subject’s personality,
his physical and mental health, how his overall life would be
spent and also how long he will live.
A
palm reader normally starts by analyzing the subject’s
dominant hand, that is, the hand which he uses to write or do
most of the work. In some traditions of palmistry, the other
hand is supposed to carry the lines depicting the past life
or karmic information as well as the inherent features.
Based on the local traditions, the
palmists analyze various features of the hand including its
shape, size, flexibility of the palm and fingers and prominence
of the knuckles. According to various schools of palmistry,
the shape of the hand is divided into four or major types corresponding
to the Classical elements and temperaments or nature patterns.
The Greek classical elements are Fire, Earth, Air, Water and
Ether and they represent Greek philosophy, science and medicine.
These elements also relate to the nature of the subject’s
personality. The shape of the hand represents the characteristics
corresponding to the type of the area. For example, a Fire hand
indicates high energy, dynamism, creativity, ambitiousness and
short temper. All these characteristics represent the qualities
of the Classical elements of Fire. |
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