How does Palmistry Work?

As to the subject of palmistry, many have the perception that it is an art that is mystically translated to the reader as they gaze into the client’s palm. There are aspects of this that do apply to the advanced reader as the patterns within the hand coalesce and create images that are translated. But palmistry was created from a very grounded and practical approach originally.

For thousands of years all cultures have understood the mystical qualities held within hands. In the modern age we associate palmistry with gypsies and fortune-tellers, yet the history is actually much more complex and amazing.

It is possible that palmistry originated in China and/or India around 2000 B.C. The roots of which probably began with the intense study of the human body to understand and diagnose illnesses. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine were sciences that developed slowly through years of observation and study of the human body. By practical application and careful observation, the subtle changes within the body were recorded and carefully monitored. Patterns began to emerge and those patterns began to be verified and found to be helpful and accurate.

Poisons, illnesses, and toxins were noticed to have affects on many aspects of the body, especially the eyes, tongue, skin, hands, and feet. But more importantly these systems also began to understand that there were different constitutions that also effected how someone would respond and recover to illnesses and external stresses.

Ancient doctors noticed that certain body types had certain characteristics. Those types could be determined by clues that the body naturally showed to the doctor if one was being observant. The classification of those different types of bodies also came with patterns of similar temperaments and emotional responses to different external patterns. It is thought this is how palmistry originated, as an extension of the differentiation of the body types and temperaments. Through centuries of trial and error, palmists have uncovered certain core truths about certain body temperaments and how those temperaments move through time and space.

Buddhism emerged also during this time; and the science of Chinese diagnosis combined with the spiritual influence of Buddhism helped to expand palmistry into a complete practice of divination and spiritual growth.

The earliest known reference to palmistry came from an ancient Vedic text called “The Laws of Manu”, from 2000 B.C. Yet, the art of reading hands has been popular throughout all cultures and civilizations, from the Babylonians, to the Egyptians, to Greeks, Hebrews, Romans, Tibetans, and our modern day society.

When people begin to study palmistry they think the focus will be on the lines of the palm. While the lines do give much information, it is actually the temperament of the shape of the hand that uncovers the true nature of the person and allows the lines to be information that expands the reader’s awareness of the bigger patterns and challenges.

It is important to know the core temperament of each hand and then to know how to connect and translate that information in ways that the people can understand and integrate.

Palmistry is about connecting all the patterns and areas of the hand within the way in which the person naturally moves and flows.

Aspects and lines taken out of context can cause confusion and may allow you to miss the bigger picture being unveiled in the hand’s temperment.

Great teachers and leaders from Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Hippocrates, and Julius Caesar used palmistry to assist them in making decisions for their respective futures. Many people do not realize that the famous, Le Comte de Saint-Germain was a palmist and wrote some of the most comprehensive books on the subject, synthesizing many teachers information bringing palmistry into scientific credibility. In the modern age, Paracelsus, Robert Fludd, and Cheiro brought palmistry back into fashion and rekindled its rebirth lasting even today.

What is remarkable is that palmistry has not only survived but it has continued to grow and adapt to the changing environment and cultures it encounters. Even our modern police departments use fingerprinting as a way to identify criminals. Psychologists continue to look to the patterns of criminal behavior and that includes facial diagnosis techniques, hand analysis, and handwriting analysis.

So Palmistry has an amazing future that will continue way beyond this time and place.